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Community care hub opens in former nurses’ home |
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Local residents will be able to receive wound care, phlebotomy, ear care and more through a new service in Bridge of Earn.
Based in the former nurses’ home in the Perthshire village, the Bridge of Earn Community Care and Treatment service saw its first patients this week.
The treatment team are able to offer wound care treatments including leg ulcer care and stitch removal to locals directed there by their GP.
Recruitment to the service is ongoing and the centre should be able to provide a full range of care and treatment support by March 2021 which will extend to wound care, phlebotomy, ear care and some minor injury treatments.
The clinic will also support other healthcare professionals to see residents locally for a range of treatments and services – including chronic disease monitoring and mental health and wellbeing support – as well as continuing as a base for the local District Nursing Teams and the South Locality Community Care & Treatment Team of Perth and Kinross Health and Social Care Partnership.
The building has been modernised with an investment of £130,000 from NHS Tayside. Grant Archibald, Chief Executive of the health board said: “When the local GP practice in Bridge of Earn closed last year, along with the Partnership, we committed to look at the delivery of health services to explore what could be provided in the local area.
“NHS Tayside has invested significantly in the former nurses’ home which now offers modern facilities and a base for the local District Nursing Team. I look forward to seeing the service develop over the coming months and more treatments and clinics being delivered closer to home in people’s local community.”
Gordon Paterson, Chief Officer of the Partnership, said “I am delighted that this new service is now seeing patients following considerable service planning from the local team. Having access to health care locally will benefit many residents and save patients from having to travel to their GP for some primary care services.”
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