A state-of-the-art medical centre in Milton Keynes has now reached completion thanks to national contractor Willmott Dixon.
The £9.5m facility, which is due to provide additional health care capacity for residents within the Western Expansion Area of the city, was handed over this month (July 2020).
The now complete Whitehouse Medical Centre – delivered on behalf of Milton Keynes Council – will serve around 22,500 people living nearby and will also be a base for Thames Valley Police.
The ‘all in one' facility covers 30,400 sq ft and includes consulting rooms, minor surgery and recovery rooms, nurse-led treatment rooms, a pharmacy, ancillary clinical support rooms and multi-purpose/health education rooms. There is also space set aside for use by Thames Valley Police and an ambulance standby, alongside a café and car parking.
Tracy Darke, Director of planning, strategic transport and placemaking from Milton Keynes Council, said: “We’re pleased to have delivered this essential piece of infrastructure to Milton Keynes’ growing Western Expansion Area.
“Working collaboratively with our partners, particularly Willmott Dixon, has been integral to ensuring the project has been delivered on time and on budget. We’re thankful to everybody involved and look forward to seeing the new medical centre in Whitehouse delivering vital healthcare services to local people.”
The medical centre is the second of its kind that the national contractor, Willmott Dixon, has completed within the region, having handed over the Brooklands Health Centre in 2018.
The facility, which will be operated by Milton Keynes Clinical Commissioning Group and leased to local NHS partners by Milton Keynes Council, is another step forward in supporting the growing population within the area, with the city having recently been recognised as one of the fastest-growing in the UK.
