Issue - meetings

For the Shaw and Crompton District Executive to note the content and current status of the Shaw & Crompton Community Hub project.

Report to follow.

Consideration was given to a progress report of the Head of Strategic Assets and Facilities Management on the Shaw and Crompton Community Hub Project.

It was explained that in 2015 some funding had been made available by NHS England to improve existing primary care premises. Five projects had been put forward in Oldham. However, only two schemes were likely to be prioritised due the high number of bids received throughout Greater Manchester. The two schemes likely to be progressed were Shaw and Crompton Hub and Chadderton Alliance Hub.

The project in Shaw would consist in relocating two GP practices (i.e.:Oak Gables Partnership and The Village Practice) to Council owned buildings. The practices would lease accommodation from the Council. The Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) had explained that if the GP practices wanted to acquire a site, they would have to raise the funding as the capital grant would not fully cover the cost of the primary care part of the development or any other non GP practice area.

Currently, the CCG was in the process of appointing a consultant to undertake a business case for the project. It was expected that both schemes should be completed by March 2020.

RESOLVED that the content and current status of the Shaw and Crompton Community Hub project be noted.