Community Health Centre To Open After £2.2m Revamp

2 weeks ago

Eben Morrish-CroadSomerset

Conor Ogilvie-Davidson St Dunstan’s House which is simply a expansive reddish ceramic building pinch 5 sash windows and a bluish doorway pinch a achromatic surround. It is partially covered successful Ivy. There is immoderate metallic fencing astir it preventing access.

A Grade-II listed building is group to unfastened arsenic a wellness and wellbeing centre adjacent period aft a £2.2m renewal project.

St Dunstan's House successful Glastonbury will supply a venue for organization activities including talking and symptom cafes, patient manner courses, and wellness and wellbeing sessions for existent and erstwhile members of nan equipped forces.

It will besides big wellness and wellbeing group consultations for group pinch chronic conditions specified arsenic glucosuria aliases bosom problems.

The centre is expected to beryllium operational by November pinch section MP Sarah Dyke describing it arsenic a "landmark infinitesimal for nan town".

Ms Dyke said she hoped nan centre would "serve arsenic a exemplary for different towns" successful integrated, community-based care.

Conor Ogilvie-Davidson A crowd of group stood astir talking wrong St Dunstan's House. They are successful an attic room which has woody beams and pillars. Some of nan crowd person drinks successful their hands.

St Dunstan's House was restored utilizing £1.5m of backing from nan Glastonbury Town Deal alongside £500,000 from nan Ministry of Housing, Community and Local Governments Community Ownership Fund.

Further donations were made by section trusts including Glastonbury Festival and Glastonbury and District Mencap.

The centre is group to lend towards delivering attraction successful nan organization alternatively than infirmary settings, pinch its moving paid for successful portion by businesses who salary to prosecute nan space.

Support for businesses and outreach spaces signposting group to support for building skills and uncovering jobs will besides beryllium disposable astatine nan site.

One of nan groups will usage nan abstraction is nan West Mendip Primary Care Network (PCN), which is formed of 5 GP practises successful astir Glastonbury.

The PCN will supply guidance and support connected a wide scope of wellness and societal attraction topics, from preventive measures to managing chronic conditions.

Rachel Cheetham, nan head of nan PCN, said it is "bringing attraction backmost person to home".

"Some of nan things we're looking to do are things astir symptom cafes, talking cafes, anticipation immoderate nutrition and cooking courses," she added.