The University of Salford (UoS) has unveiled plans for its new Clinic Building which will eventually be open to the public on its Frederick Road campus.
The University’s teams will be working with partners including the NHS to use the new building as a way “of increasing the accessibility of community services and reducing waiting lists.”
The site has been listed as a “key development” in the £2.5bn Salford Crescent Masterplan, which the university claims will “benefit not only colleagues and students, but the wider Salford community too.”
Subject to receiving planning permission, building work is planned to start this Summer and the project is scheduled for completion by the end of 2025. Property group, Kier, is working with the University to develop their proposals for the new building.
We are excited to announce @SalfordUni will be opening a new Clinic Building within @UoS_HealthSoc
The site will be home to specialist spaces for
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It will be located behind the Mary Seacole building next to the Salford Crescent train station and will house specialist teaching and practice areas for some of the University’s healthcare courses.
Vicky Halliwell, Deputy Dean at The School of Health and Society, said: “The new Clinic building will provide world class teaching and research facilities for use by colleagues, students and people needing health and wellbeing services. We already have a worldwide reputation for the quality of our healthcare courses, with our students getting real life experience from our experts in their fields.
“The new site will help us to build on that work and is central to our wider plan to reduce health and social inequalities, and to support the integrated care system by tackling workforce challenges.”
The building is also part of the School of Health and Society, which is the largest School in the University with over 8400 students.
A period of public engagement on the proposals is taking place between January 24 and February 7 before the planning application is submitted.
There will also be a drop–in vent at the University’s Mary Seacole Building at the Frederick Road Campus, (M6 6PU). The session will run from 4pm to 7pm on 1st February 2024.
Further details regarding the proposals and how to comment are available on the University’s website.
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