Alfred Barrow Health Centre Explained

Alfred Barrow Health Centre is a primary care health centre in Barrow-in-Furness.

It is housed in a refurbishment of the former Alfred Barrow School with a newly built extension housing the patient-facing services and all clinical spaces. It was developed by a public private partnership, eLIFT Cumbria, involving Community Health Partnerships. It has a base for the North West Ambulance Service.[1] The contractor was ESH Construction. It opened in November 2019[2] with a celebration event.[3]

It houses three GP surgeries - Abbey Road Surgery, Risedale Surgery, Atkinson Health Centre - and services provided by North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust and University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust as well as facilities for Morecambe Bay CCG, BAE Systems and Boots Pharmacy.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. News: £15m Alfred Barrow Health Centre opens in Cumbria . 9 January 2020 . Building Better Healthcare . 18 November 2019.
  2. News: Alfred Barrow Health Centre opens in Cumbria . 9 January 2020 . Place North West . 13 November 2019.
  3. News: Celebratory event to officially open Alfred Barrow Health Centre . 9 January 2020 . Cumbria Crack . 5 August 2019.
  4. News: First part of Barrow's new £12m health centre to open this weekend . 9 January 2020 . The NW Mail . 12 October 2019.