Stephen Morgan goes on a walkabout at St Mary’s as £10 million redevelopment approaches
MP for Portsmouth South, Stephen Morgan, this week paid a visit to Solent NHS Trust before work starts on a £10.3 million re-development of clinical services at St Mary’s Community Health Campus.
The work is expected to transform the site into a key health hub for the city of Portsmouth, catering for a wide range of community care and mental health services. Ground will be broken next month and it is hoped the work will be completed by October 2019.
The older persons mental health community team, physiotherapy department, and out-patient therapies will be moved from from the Turner Centre at St James’ Hospital to St Mary’s Hospital’s newly refurbished Block B, which will also become the base for a new state-of-the-art automated pharmacy service.
Stephen met with Mark Young, Solent NHS Trust’s Head of Estates, and toured the site whilst being briefed on the latest developments.
Stephen Morgan MP, said:
“This is a truly exciting time for St Mary’s, the Trust, and our city.
The redevelopment will see the site transformed into an invaluable community health hub and prove a crucial resource for our local NHS and the people it so ably serves.
It was great to see it for myself on the ground today and get a real idea of the plans.
Healthcare in Portsmouth needs this sort of investment to support our community and I’ll continue to be there each step of the way as the project progresses”.
