New Shaw health centre plans approved

An impression of how the new health centre will look

Shaw and Crompton's Parish Council’s Planning Committee have approved plans for a new health centre to go ahead with earnest on the former baths site.

The health centre will serve the needs of more than 13,000 Oldham residents.

The proposal is being led by the Oak Gables Partnership and the Village Medical Practice, which are both based in Crompton Health Centre.

Shadow Cabinet Member for Health and Social Care, Crompton Councillor Louie Hamblett, spoke at a parish council planning committee meeting to explain more about when works will go ahead.

He said: "The NHS’s aspiration is to bring together health and care services in a more integrated way.

“The main priority is to get spades into the ground by March 2023 and as a community we need to get behind this as much as possible.

"The submission of a planning application for our new health centre is great news for Shaw and Crompton and further evidence this is happening this time.

"Access to modern healthcare facilities is a top priority for the people we represent.

"What we’ve had is a long and uncertain journey to this point over many years, but by working constructively, local Liberal Democrat councillors have now helped it get across the line.

"We continue to work tirelessly behind the scenes to make sure the new health centre becomes a reality for residents.

"This news is very welcome indeed and is a poke in the eye for those who talk our area down and said it would never happen.”

The planning committee voted unanimously in favour.

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