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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.