Hucknall one of six areas to get brand new health centre

Hucknall has been selected as one of just six areas nationally to get a brand new super health centre.

Plans for a brand new 'Cavell Centre' – an 'all under one roof' health centre, set to be located in Piggins Croft Car Park are now at an advanced stage. The District Council have already raised £1million of funding towards the ambitious project.

The centre will offer a range of joined-up health and social care services, all close to the heart of Hucknall. A planning application is now being drawn up by Ashfield District Council bosses as the new health centre becomes a reality.

The plans are being drawn up as part of a national estates programme and are designed around a core primary care offering. They will promote the co-location of community services, outpatients, diagnostics, and other NHS health services.

Ashfield District Council Leader Jason Zadrozny said, "This work has been ongoing for 18 months and the fact that we've been selected as one of the six sites nationally to put a business case forward is excellent news. Your Ashfield Independent-run Council have raised £1million from developers and from other funding sources to pay for this – we really are leading from the front on this.

"Our planners have been on Piggins Croft Car Park and are putting together a multi-storey proposal to minimalise any loss of parking spaces. The whole reason for resurfacing the car park in the first place was to prepare the utilities for this amazing project that will revolutionalise [sic], localised healthcare in Hucknall. The fact that a town the size of Hucknall only has two main doctor's surgeries is a scandal. That's why we have been working so hard – over a long period of time on the delivery of a healthcare facility that will benefit the whole of Hucknall."

Councillor David Shaw, of the Ashfield Independents, who represents Hucknall North at District Council level, said: "What is clear is that whilst the population of Hucknall has grown exponentially over the past 12 years – healthcare has been left behind. Hucknall is facing a healthcare crisis and the fact that our plans have been selected as one of only six sites nationally is exciting news.

"The Ashfield Independents have made improving healthcare in Hucknall one of their biggest priorities. I am pleased that Ashfield District Council are leading on this – working with health bosses - we are making significant, positive progress."