John Battle MP laid the foundation stone of a new state-of-the art health and community centre under construction in Lower Wortley on Friday (1 June).

He unveiled a plaque at the site of the new £9million Lower Wortley Enhanced Primary Care Centre, on the A6110 ring road, close to the Ringways roundabout.

The new building, part of a multi-million pound regeneration plan for health and community services in Leeds, is on the A6110 ring road, close to the Ringways roundabout. The centre is set to provide a wide range of high quality health services when it opens in 2008. The Hawthorn Surgery and Butt Lane Surgery will relocate to the new centre, and other services will include a minor surgery theatre, dieticians, an addiction clinic, community pharmacy and smoking cessation, as well as health visitors, district nurses, and other health professionals all based under one roof, ensuring that patients can be cared for in a modern environment close to their own homes.

Mr Battle said: “I am absolutely delighted to be able to mark the beginning of work on what will be a first class, convenient health centre. When the centre opens next year it will transform healthcare facilities for local people and provide staff with 21st century surroundings to work in.

“In addition it will also be a focal point for the area and will benefit the local community as a whole.”

The centre is one of several opened across the city as part of the Local Improvement Finance Trust (LIFT) programme, a public and private partnership between Leeds LIFT, Leeds PCT and Leeds City Council.  The centre is being built by Miller Construction Ltd.

©John Battle MP 04 June 2007