A new multi-million pound state-of-the-art medical centre has opened its doors in Worcestershire.

Staff at the Droitwich Spa Medical Centre cared for their first patients on Monday after development work was completed and staff and equipment moved in.

The £6 million project in Ombersley Street East will incorporate two previous practices which have relocated from the old health centre site.

The Spa Medical Practice and the Salters Medical Practice have both now moved, along with additional primary care trust services.

Practice phone numbers and opening hours will remain the same despite the move.

The six GPs at the Spa Medical Practice and nine at Salters Medical Practice will help provide care for up to 19,000 patients.

The new centre has more rooms, meaning each GP will have their own consulting room, as well as additional space for clinics and treatment rooms.

The three-storey building has been constructed on the site of the town’s former magistrates court.

The old health centre, also in Ombersley Street East, will now make way for car parking for the new site.

Nigel Higenbottam, GP premises development manager at the Worcestershire Primary Care Trust, said: “We are delighted with the new facilities which will provide improved health care to nearly 19,000 patients in Droitwich Spa.

“A range of community staff have also moved into the new health centre.

“These include district nurses, health visitors for children and the elderly, school nurses, podiatrists, occupational therapists and physiotherapists.