http://www.theliftcouncil.org.uk Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:02:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Plowright Surgery in Swaffham provides accommodation for 16 staff and four GPs. It is a two-storey building with a floor area of 762m2. The designers used a timber frame and low-energy, benign materials where possible. The surgery has large overhanging eaves to prevent overheating in summer, and it offers ... http://www.theliftcouncil.org.uk/2008/07/the-plowright-surgery-swaffham/ The Brierley Hill Health and Social Care Centre in Dudley is a clear example of joint working between the NHS, Local Authority and the private sector to use public sector service development as a catalyst for the regeneration of an area. This 13,000 sq m, £28 million, facility has been ... http://www.theliftcouncil.org.uk/2008/07/brierley-hill-and-social-care-centre-dudley/ In St Helens the LIFTCo will soon begin work on a four thousand square metre health centre with retail and residential elements alongside GP and primary care services. Not only will this facility help to address historic health inequalities, it will improve roads, renovate shops and breath new life into ... http://www.theliftcouncil.org.uk/2008/07/st-helens/ The new £14.5m Mary Potter Centre in Hyson Green will soon be opening its doors to the public. Phase one of the development on Gregory Boulevard has now been completed at a cost of £9m, following 14 months of building work. The joint access centre, the second in Nottingham city, is ... http://www.theliftcouncil.org.uk/2008/07/mary-potter-centre-hyson-green/ The Denaby Springwell Centre has been specially designed to provide improved services to cater for the multiple and complex health and social needs of residents of this ex-mining community. A key outcome of the Denaby Springwell Centre has been to provide community access to enhanced library services, including the internet. ... http://www.theliftcouncil.org.uk/2008/07/denaby-springwell-centre/ Community Solutions for Primary Care have developed the Vermuyden Centre in Thorne which services the needs of 15,300 patients and is a multiple and complex health and social care facility with services including: Two GP surgeries and other health services such as a sexual health clinic, minor surgery, a community pharmacy ... http://www.theliftcouncil.org.uk/2008/07/vermuyden-centre-doncaster/ Greater Nottingham LIFT Company has the £8.8m Clifton Cornerstone, the first of three planned multi-million pound joint access centres across Nottingham City. The three-storey facility serves approximately 25,000 residents of the surrounding area. It houses a variety of public sector services, providing a single point of access to health, social ... http://www.theliftcouncil.org.uk/2008/07/clifton-cornerstone-nottingham/ 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 ... http://www.theliftcouncil.org.uk/2008/07/st-peter%e2%80%99s-centre-burnley/