Tower Hamlets Council to give almost £1m to Isle of Dogs GP surgery
Island Medical Centre is in the isle of Dogs. Pic: Google - Credit: Archant
A GP surgery on the Isle of Dogs will get almost £1million of council funding to help the area cope with a growing population and improve services.
The money will pay for four new clinical rooms at Island Medical Centre, in Roserton Street, and allow the surgery to take on another 5,472 patients.
Tower Hamlets Public Health Programme Lead Matthew Phelan said the upgrades would also provide an extra 28,000 new patient appointments every year.
A council report noted: “Rapid population growth, stimulated by new residential development, is driving increased demand for healthcare provision in the affected localities.
“The proposed new health facilities and expansion will help build the extra clinical capacity that will be required to meet the increased demand for primary care.”
You may also want to watch:
Mayor John Biggs agreed to release £985,839 to Tower Hamlets Clinical Care Group to pay for the improvements.
He said: “It is a very common complaint from Island residents and councillors that the population is growing at a significant rate and services are stretched.
Most Read
- 1 Cops break Covid-19 rules to have haircuts at Bethnal Green police station
- 2 'Grenfell Tower'-type cladding still not removed from New Providence Wharf after 3 years
- 3 Murder arrest after woman stabbed to death in Whitechapel this morning
- 4 Covid hero who did charity walk in Bow aged 100 now has vaccine
- 5 Whitechapel murder victim named as teenager charged with killing
- 6 Lovely Day for Aldgate School picked to sing on Billy Ocean's new single
- 7 Police e-fit expert retiring after 15 years at Bethnal Green
- 8 Fury as family homes vanish when Isle of Dogs landlord converts to bedsits
- 9 Leyton Orient boss Embleton could rotate team for Bolton trip
- 10 Man sentenced after teenage boy groomed on Snapchat to sell heroin
“This plan could go some way to improving the GP services in the area.”
The upgrades are expected to be finished by 2020.