A consultation process for a new Health and Wellbeing Centre in Monmouth has commenced with plans for the new site in Osbaston to replace Dixton Surgery and to provide additional clinical accommodation that can be utilised by Castle Gate Medical Practice, the Wye Valley Practice and the ABUHB.

The application seeks outline planning permission for the development of an integrated centre with associated public realm, landscaping, access, parking and open space adjacent to Osbaston Primary School, past the pinch point but situated above the floodplain.

The development of the new Health and Wellbeing Centre in Monmouth is one of the primary care estate priorities for the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board (ABUHB), the health board responsible for Monmouthshire.

Services to be provided by the new centre will include: Midwifery, a practice nurse, Diabetic Specialist, Drugs Misuse Counsellor, a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner, an Advanced Care Practitioner and Health Visitor accommodation.

The centre will provide ABUHB Substance Misuse, Mental Health, Secondary Occupational Health, Health Visitor, Flying Start, School Nursing, Community Midwifery and Looked After Children services.

The Health Board has secured Welsh Government funding for the development utilising land that is adjacent to Osbaston Road. The land is currently privately owned but discussions regarding the proposed acquisition by ABUHB are ongoing.

The consultation document says that the aim of the new centre is to address the current need for increased space to allow “existing General Medical Services (GMS) to be provided appropriately, allow neighbouring practices to access accommodation to provide enhanced medical services, provide a modern well-designed physical environment for service delivery with flexible space to enable service development and assist in the succession planning for General Practitioners in the area as new recruits will be attracted to provide services from modern up-to-date facilities”.

Also, the centre will provide a base for integrated health and social care teams for adult and children’s services and provide a flexible facility for the delivery of a range of clinics. This includes mental health (adults and children), sexual health, diabetic retinopathy, antenatal, podiatry, drug and alcohol services.

Anyone who wishes to make representations about this proposed development must do so by the 22nd November 2024 and can email these to [email protected]