Members of the Bellshill Public Partnership Forum (PPF) have welcomed the adaptations at Bellshill Community Health Clinic (BCHC).

Duncan McLoud and Laura Campbell – who are also the respective chair and vice chair of the Bellshill Community Forum – were also delighted with the array of services based in the clinic.

They include:

podiatry
speech and language therapy
child immunisation and child developmental surveillance
physiotherapy
dietetics
community midwifery
sexual health service
adult mental health services
community dental services
minor surgery
cervical screening
anticoagulation clinic
long term condition counselling
Health Visiting and Health Improvement
EVA (ending violence and abuse) Project.
Psychological services
District nursing
Treatment room service

The John Street Surgery with four GPs, two nurses and a healthcare assistant

Duncan said: “The one thing that is becoming clear is that modern health care is being delivered in centrally located community settings.

“It’s fantastic that we have such a facility here in Bellshill which provides local health services centrally under one roof – just like many of the other community primary care facilities across Lanarkshire.”

The adaptations have also enabled the John Street GP Practice to remain at the clinic after its former premises were destroyed by fire in 2009.

Laura Campbell said: “It’s good news that NHS Lanarkshire and the John Street Medical Practice worked together to ensure a GP presence remained in Bellshill.

“No one would have benefited if the practice couldn’t have been accommodated in the Bellshill CHC.

“If the practice had been forced to move out of the area or worse, had ceased to exist because it didn’t have a premises, it would have had an impact on patients.”