A new £3.65 million state-of-the-art community health clinic for Chryston has moved a step closer after the business case and funding were approved by the board.
As a result, the new community health clinic could provide a larger, more modern facility than the existing Muirhead Clinic for almost 27,000 local people.
As part of our commitment to provide all community services in people’s local areas through integrated health and social care teams, it is expected the clinic could host services including:
- midwifery
- health visitor pre/post-natal
- rehabilitation team
- treatment room services
- breastfeeding support
- mental health learning disability
- community mental health teams
Following similar successful joint projects with North Lanarkshire Council, the new facility will be part of a wider development including the council’s planned Chryston Primary School Hub development.
Muirhead Clinic only allows a small range of community health services to be provided locally due to its size and lack of dedicated car parking. It will continue to operate its existing services while the new centre is built.
Health and Social Care North Lanarkshire chief officer Ross McGuffie said: “This is a major milestone towards delivering a new state-of-the-art health clinic for Chryston and the surrounding area.
“A new community health clinic will be purpose-built to provide clinical services close to where people live and ensure local people no longer need to travel to Glasgow for certain services.
“Through detailed engagement with local service users and stakeholders we are working to develop a modern facility that will meet the needs of people in the area.
“This partnership working also means services will continue to run at the existing health centre during construction, and then transfer to the new facility once completed, meaning there should be minimal disruption for patients and service users.”
