A new healthcare facility in Sible Hedingham, expected to be developed as the new home for Hedingham Medical Centre in Spring 2023, will give patients and residents a modern centre for NHS services that will deliver healthcare to the local community for many years to come.
OneMedical Property, the founding arm of OneMedical Group, was selected in Spring this year by Braintree District Council to develop the medical centre for the Hedingham Medical Centre practice on the site off Osier Way, which has been safeguarded for the development for a number of years.
Following completion of the building, anticipated to be in April 2023, the GP partners at Hedingham Medical Centre will relocate their services to the surgery, offering the community a long-awaited and purpose-built medical facility. Once built, the medical centre will have the capacity to serve over 10,000 patients from Sible and Castle Hedingham and the surrounding villages, ensuring these communities have high-quality, sustainable and safe NHS services.
The new, fully accessible Medical Centre will offer:
· Parking facilities, an ambulance bay, drop-off zone, charging stations and a cycle shelter;
· Dispensary serving prescriptions during the centre open times;
· Bat and bird boxes to support local biodiversity;
· Attractive external landscaping that includes a community garden.
The new building will be an energy-efficient, sustainable and modern Medical Centre for the local community to be proud of. A crucial part of offering services that will meet the community’s current and emerging health care needs is making sure the Hedingham Medical practice team and their patients have a long-term, fit-for-purpose facility, which will adapt and grow with the needs of the community they serve.
Dan Doherty, Deputy Joint Accountable Officer for the Mid and South Essex CCGs and Alliance Director for Mid Essex, said: “The local NHS is pleased to see continuing progress for this project, which brings a modern GP surgery to the Hedinghams and surrounding villages. We’re grateful to everyone who has shared their opinion, whether supportive or constructive criticism, or about a specific concern.
