Building work started in October on the Carluke Community Health Centre and only six months later the steel and concrete frames of the new health centre have started to emerge out of the ground.
Robert Cairney, NHS Lanarkshire Head of Capital Planning and Premises Development said: “Since October, a tremendous amount of ‘behind-the-scenes’ work such as earth-moving, leveling and building underground foundations has taken place. All of which is essential work, of course, but it is really exciting to now be able to see the actual buildings emerge out of the ground and start to take shape.
“We are delighted with the progress of the project so far and that the building programme has started so well.”
The new community health centre, which is due to be complete in summer 2010, will provide a wide range of general practitioner led services such as diabetes, electrocardiogram (ECG) and chronic disease management clinics as well as clinics covering coronary heart disease, asthma, stroke and blood pressure.
Other services will include podiatry, speech and language therapy, child immunisation and surveillance, physiotherapy, dietetics, community mental health (psychology, psychiatry), older peoples' outreach service, locality alcohol and drug services, smoking cessation, homeopathy, community dental service, health visiting and parentcraft.
The centre was designed by Austin-Smith Lord Architects and Davis Duncan Architects and is being built by the construction company Graham. Plans for the new facility have been developed with members of the public and the project group has benefited from the inclusion of a member of the practice Patient Participation Group.