NEW Greenock Health Centre Gets Planning Approval
INVERCLYDE councillors have given the go-ahead for a new multi-million pound health centre in Greenock.
The district’s planning board today granted permission for the four-storey facility on the former Wellington Academy site.
It will replace Greenock Health Centre in Duncan Street and several other health facilities.
The NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde centre will accommodate four GP practices; dental, podiatry and physiotherapy services; a sexual health clinic; district nursing, health visiting, school nursing and home care teams, child and adolescent mental health services; speech and language therapy; out–patient clinics; and outreach acute clinics.
Two car parks are to be provided. A 129-space car park within the eastern part of the former school building site, and a 93-space car park across Wellington Street on the former football pitch.
Concerns had been raised about the site not being suitable for public transport and being difficult for people with mobility problems to get to.
A travel plan looking at all aspects of how people will get to the centre will have to be prepared by health authorities for approval by the planning board before the facility can start operating.
The Wellington Street site
