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Glasgow health centre re-opens
07/03/2003
Elderpark Clinic - a health centre for patients in South Glasgow - was re-opened today following a £500,000 investment from Greater Glasgow Primary Care NHS Trust.
The clinic has been transformed into a modern, 21st century health centre which, in addition to providing GP services, also houses a new Integrated Older Peoples Team.
The team, featuring physiotherapy, nursing, occupational therapy and social work staff, will provide rapid response care assessment for older people, and access to rehabilitation and other health and social care services.
Performing the opening ceremony, Health Minister Malcolm Chisholm said:
"This development is an excellent example of a traditional, historical building, being transformed to provide modern healthcare - and in some cases social care - in line with today's patients' needs and expectations.
"I congratulate all those who contributed to the success of the project. I am also delighted to see the development of an Integrated Older Peoples Team serving South West Glasgow. This multi-disciplinary team will bring together health and social work staff, providing rapid response assessment, rehabilitation and care management for local older people, helping to ensure that they receive the right care, in the right setting, at the right time.
"Elderpark Clinic is now modern, accessible and welcoming to patients, providing a pleasant environment for both patients and staff. It demonstrates what can be done when to improve local services for local communities when staff work together across agency boundaries and are based within the same premises."
As the result of a new community nursery being built in Greenfield Primary School in 2002, the day nursery area in Elderpark Clinic was vacated and South West Local Health Care Co-operative, part of Greater Glasgow Primary Care NHS Trust commenced a refurbishment programme to upgrade the building.
Local Health Care Co-operatives are based on a voluntary principle with the aim of strengthening and supporting practices in delivering care in local communities. They have a structure which empowers all primary care professionals and there is a principle of co-operation between all sectors and with local authorities.
There are more than 80 in Scotland, with more than 96 per cent of GPs involved.