Foleshill Health Centre in Coventry, the UK’s greenest health building, is taking shape fast. Built with specially designed Portakabin modules using Passivhaus technology, Foleshill will have an air source heat pump, no fossil fuels used on-site and has photovoltaic (solar) panels to generate some of the energy for the GP surgery.
Staff and patients at Portway Lifestyle Centre, in Oldbury, West Midlands have celebrated the milestone of giving 20,000 first doses of the Covid-19 vaccination. The building, which was set up as a coronavirus vaccination centre in December, is run by Sandwell Leisure Trust. It was selected as it was a suitable large venue, with strong links to local GP practices and Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust.
CHP is actively helping the NHS by supporting the set up of Covid vaccination centres across the country. We have worked to set up more than 100 sites (10 March).
Work has been completed at Stourbridge Health and Social Care Centre to provide additional clinical facilities and increase patient capacity. The Three Villages GP Practice which is one of the building’s tenants, has a large patient list of around 15,000 people and...
In December Community Health Partnerships (CHP) met a key milestone for the new green Foleshill Health Centre in Coventry when the specially designed modular building was placed on site. The centre, which will be the UK’s greenest healthcare building, is also quick to...
NHS England and NHS Improvement has given the go ahead for one of the most energy efficient buildings in the NHS which will be the first of its type in the UK to be certified to the Passivhaus standard. The Foleshill Health Centre building in Coventry will be a new...