The relatively recent focusing on a ‘patient pathway’ that estalishes a route through the health service from initial consultation to completion of treatment, has led to the creation of a new model for primary care services, commonly referred to as Health & Well Being Centres or Community Treatment and Care Centres.
These “one-stop shop” facilities typically includes GP’s, consulting and treatment suites, physiotherapy, paediatrics, dentistry, occupational and speech therapy together with social services such as homecare, primary mental health teams and outsourcing centres. The practice has now completed the first four of these buildings in Northern Ireland, with a further one on-site and two others at planning stage.
We are also now developing proposals for a similar type of facility for the Health Service Executive and the Alpha Healthcare Group in Killarney.