A NEW health and wellbeing centre looks set to be built in the city as part of a huge multi-million-pound funding bid to the government.
The former Worcester News building in Hylton Road in Worcester will be transformed into a major new centre teaching and training health professionals.
The 4,000 square metre facility on the banks of the River Severn will house nursing, physiotherapy and medical training – including an anatomy lab for between 50 and 100 students.
The site will also include a GP practice as well as on-site therapy and rehabilitation clinics.
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Worcester City Council said the major expansion would build on the University of Worcester’s expertise in widening participation as well as create more opportunities for local people from disadvantaged communities to enter health professions and gain employment as nurses, paramedics, midwives, physiotherapists and occupational therapists.
The health and wellbeing centre is just one part of a £28 million bid by the city council to government which includes major work to regenerate Worcester’s Shrub Hill area as well as a new training facility in Dines Green.
Worcester City Council said it will submit a bid to Government’s £3.6 billion Towns Fund at the end of January, setting out how its bid could deliver long-term economic growth for the city and aid recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.
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