Belper has a new £15.2 million community health centre bringing a wide range of outpatient and services together in one purpose-built building.
Babington Health Centre has 15 consulting rooms, six rooms and a dedicated health education and group space. Services include community nursing, phlebotomy, midwifery, podiatry, physiotherapy, continence advice, wound care, speech and language and outpatient clinics.
The building replaces services previously provided from Babington Hospital and is designed to make it easier for patients to access several types of from the same site.
The centre also includes solar panels and energy-efficient systems, with locally sourced and recycled materials used where possible during construction. It opened to patients in August following the handover to Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust.