The award winning St Peter’s Centre in Burnley is a combined leisure and primary care centre housed in one new building. It permits service re-provision and integration including the provision of services previously provided in the Acute Trust as well as integrated out of hours pharmacy provision. It also includes indoor leisure facilities for 90,000 people.

Strong partnership working between the PCT, Borough Council and Construction Partner has been especially beneficial in developing the design model and in determining issues of common concern such as parking and security. Sport England has contributed £1m to the scheme in recognition of the links between leisure and health provision.

The whole community has been engaged in the project– as it has been in the design and operational commissioning of the building itself. There was a dedicated patient involvement group which has evolved into a Volunteer group with members sitting on the Joint Building Management Group and contributing to the strategic management of both the health and sport elements of the building. This 10 storey building in the centre of Burnley is not only contributing to the health and well being of the people of Burnley but is making a major contribution to the physical regeneration of the town following some unhappy years of decline and poor publicity connected to social disturbances.