Heartbeat: £6m GP surgery is taking shape

February 4, 2021

Those of you driving past the Sandwell Hospital site may have noticed how our new £6 million GP surgery is now beginning to take real shape.

The shell of the building – a three-story development – has windows and once inside you can access all floors via the stairs and lift. It has several consulting rooms, individual and open plan offices and treatment rooms. There is also an onsite pharmacy being built.

Vijay Droch, Estates Capital Projects Manager, said the development of the site was progressing well. “The pandemic has impacted construction delivery; however, we have remained focused and mitigated many of the risks through careful supply chain management.

He added: “The team continue to respond to the fluid situation we find ourselves in. We have been able to continue with work on the building that is now really coming to life. By walking through, you can see how offices will look, and the number of clinic rooms that will be available. It has a very open and welcoming design, which I am sure both those working within the building and patients coming to see their GP will find comfortable.”

The build is due to finish in March next year after work began on the new surgery in October last year. It is all part of a plan to streamline and improve medical care in the borough. It will house Carters Green Medical Centre and Lyndon Primary Care Centre, which are both relocating to the new facility, to be run by the Trust. The facility will serve more than 15,000 patients.

Dr James Gwilt, a GP based at Carters Green, said: “We are looking forward to continuing this tradition of high quality care in a brand new, modern environment. Being on the Sandwell Hospital site will allow us to deliver care in new ways, better integrated with other organisations working in our area.”