Built in 2011, Belgrave Health Centre is situated to the north of the city centre within the Belgrave area serving approximately 25,000 patients. Services include three GP Practices, minor surgery clinics and community health services as well as an on-site pharmacy.
Belgrave Health Centre also hosts one of the Leicester City Healthcare Hubs offering 1,500 additional GP and Nurse appointments each week for Leicester City patients during the daytime, evenings, weekends and on bank holidays.
Size 2402 m2
Capital Value: £9.3m
PC Date: 15th July 2011
An extensive range of primary care services including:
- Pharmacy – K&K Healthcare Holding
- 2 GP Practices – Brandon Street Surgery
- Dr Gandecha & Partners (Belgrave Medical Centre)
- The Hub Urgent Care Services
- Adult Physiotherapy
- Children’s Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy
- District Nurses
- Let’s Talk Wellbeing
- Retinal Eye Screening
Quotations:
At its opening:
Dr Avi Prasad, co-chair of the Leicester City Clinical Commissioning Group and a GP in the city, said: “A huge number of local people will benefit from the opening of this centre. The wide range of health services that will be made available means that it is sure to be a real benefit to the local area.”
Cathy Ellis, chair of the Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland PCT Cluster, added: “Community leaders have been campaigning for more than six years to establish a new health centre in the Belgrave area of the city. We are grateful for their support throughout the process and we are delighted we have finally made this vision a reality.”
Ved Dhiman, chair of the Cross Street Practice Patient Participation Group, said: “The new building will bring great benefits to the local community as it is situated right at the heart of Belgrave. The building has good disabled access, two entrances for ease of access and patients can wait for their appointments in spacious waiting rooms.”
“There is good local transport to the health centre and now local nurses will be stationed here it will make it easier for patients to access a range of services. The building has a great modern structure and is set next to an area full of greenery. It’s a real improvement for the area.”