The original application said the new healthcare centre was expected to improve access for patients, provide three consulting rooms and an automatic 24-hour medication dispenser, and incorporate the NHS\u2019s \u2018Pharmacy First\u2019 initiative.<\/p>\n
The new healthcare centre, which will be at the old Downham Market Club, has attracted \u2018significant\u2019 interest from service providers<\/p>\n
Now, a new application has been submitted including a revised design due to a potential need for even more space.<\/p>\n
\u201cSince the granting of planning permission in January 2025, a significant number of enquiries from other professional medical service providers has been received from a variety of health care practices,\u201d a report from John Stephenson, a Downham-based planning agent acting on behalf of applicant Dr Ardeshir Danesh, says.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs a direct result, following a considerable amount of negotiation, it has been decided that now is the time and opportunity to expand the extent of healthcare provision, which in turn will require a revised application.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe essence of providing a healthcare centre remains unaltered.\u201d<\/p>\n
The new application is asking permission for the main pharmacy building to be extended beyond its current blueprint.<\/p>\n
The two buildings flanking this section would be used for \u201cassociated health care\u201d – including four consultation rooms, reception, and toilet. This would require a \u201csmall extension\u201d to the front of the west building.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the plans for an increased number of treatment rooms would mean around 20 new staff members would be needed – more than the ten or 12 stated in the original application.<\/p>\n
The site layout has also been changed to provide a minimum of 21 parking spaces.<\/p>\n
A new consultation period has opened, and will run until August 19.<\/p>\n
The healthcare facility will be privately funded, but will form part of an integrated care system with the NHS.<\/p>\n
Downham has three other doctors\u2019 surgeries – The Hollies Surgery, Bridge Street Surgery, and the Howdale Group Practice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new healthcare facility and pharmacy could be even bigger than initially envisioned due to \u201csignificant\u201d interest from…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":313088,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4316],"tags":[105,4348,12717,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-313087","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-healthcare","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-healthcare","10":"tag-planning","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114961731039153297","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=313087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313087\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/313088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}