Minister for Health Wicklow TD Stephen Donnelly has officially opened the HSE Primary Care Centre in Arklow, part of the national Enhanced Community Care programme.
We were delighted to welcome @DonnellyStephen to the official opening of the new Arklow Primary Care Centre, Co. Wicklow today
— HSE Community Healthcare East (@Ch6East) February 17, 2023
Centres like this one will help support the @slaintecare vision to provide the right care, in the right place, at the right time#EnhancedCommunityCare pic.twitter.com/5nozILr4Os
The facility is based on the former site of Boland's Builders Providers at Castle Park and construction on the project was hit with a number of delays as a result of failed leasing agreements.
The centre will now offer a full range of multi-disciplinary primary care and community-based services to the residents of Arklow and surrounding towns including Avoca, Redcross, Woodenbridge and Ballycoogue.
When fully operational, it will offer a full spectrum of primary care services including Public Health Nursing, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Dietetics, Psychology, Podiatry, Chiropody, Dental, Social Work, and Speech and Language Therapy. Senior Medical Officers and a Health Promotion and Improvement Officer will also form part of this multi-disciplinary, primary care team.