A new 3,000 sq ft private GP clinic has opened in Belfast at the former Deloitte office on Bedford Street, offering GP appointments, scanning, urgent care, minor surgery, and ADHD specialisms.
The £500,000 investment by Duality Healthcare is creating 10 jobs, including GPs, nurses, and administrative staff.
The clinic, is the latest in a number of Duality Healthcare clinics across Northern Ireland. A further two clinics are expected to open in other parts of Northern Ireland this year bringing its total number of clinics to seven.
The firm currently employs more than 60 people with clinics in Newry, Ballymena, Omagh and Derry in addition to the planned Belfast operation, and a further two are expected to open in the north later this year, bringing its portfolio of clinics to seven.
Duality Healthcare also recently announced an innovative partnership with Gordon’s Chemists aimed at bringing enhanced virtual and face-to-face GP services to Gordons locations across Northern Ireland.
At the heart of Duality’s business model are two principles – affordability and accessibility – and it offers an individual membership plan starting from £34.99 a month, alongside pay-as-you-go options, including virtual GP appointments.
Duality chief executive John McEvoy at a pre-opening stakeholder event for the new clinic in Belfast city centre, with Holly McGeeney Murray, head of marketing at Duality, Cllr Micky Murray, and radio presenter Pete Snodden (Kelvin Boyes)
Chief executive John McEvoy said: “Opening our Belfast city centre location is a key milestone in our growth, because being right in the heart of the city puts Duality exactly where we need to be, embedded in a busy neighbourhood, easy to reach with fantastic transport connections, affordable, with appointments designed around the pace of city life.”
The new Belfast clinic follows the announcement that Duality secured £4.5m in funding through an investment round in August.