Major health centre for Catterick Garrison moves a step closer
Plans for the Catterick Integrated Care Campus currently include GP and primary care services as well as a large range of additional healthcare services such as mental health, maternity, sexual health, drug and alcohol and social care services.
The hub at Catterick Garrison would serve both military and civilian populations. Health leaders say it will “address the significant difficulties that residents currently experience accessing secondary care facilities”.
The new North Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is working with the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and NHS England and NHS Property Services (NHSPS) on plans to build the new health and wellbeing hub, the CCG’s governing body has now approved the outline business case.
NHS England will review the project and has the power to give the go-ahead. If approved, the hub will open in 2024.
'Holistic'
Dr Mark Hodgson, Richmondshire GP and Governing Body Member with NHS North Yorkshire CCG, said: “The Catterick Integrated Care Campus will be a hub for the whole of Richmondshire. We are delighted that the CCG governing body has signed off the outline business case giving us the opportunity to move to the next stage of this ambitious and innovative project.
“It’s something the area has never had before and the plans aim to address the significant difficulties that residents currently experience accessing secondary care facilities.
“This project is about health and wellbeing in a truly holistic sense; it will not just be a traditional health care facility. We’ve put a lot of work into agreeing the principle of the facility being a space that people can come together centred around health and wellbeing and where the more formal healthcare provision will be much more approachable and accessible than traditional facilities.
“The aim is to help people to help themselves to better health and wellbeing whilst at the same time providing the safety net of more formal health and social care when people need it.”
Major General Paul Cain, Director for Healthcare Delivery for the MoD’s Joint Medical Group, said: “More service personnel and families are set to be rebased on to the Catterick Garrison site over the next 10 years; it is absolutely essential there is the right healthcare to meet this increased demand as well as for the wider population of Richmondshire. The sign-off by the CCG Governing Body is an important next step in bringing our vision to fruition.”
The NHS and MoD are continuing to meet regularly to look at the health and social care needs of the current population as well as the needs of potential future residents – both military and non-military. These discussions have been informed by public health data and conversations with the wider population since 2013.
