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Flint Hospital Site Protected for the Future
Published: 26/01/2021
97色网 is stepping in to secure the future of the Flint Community Hospital site.
The former community hospital played an important part in the history of the town.聽 There has been considerable local public interest in the hospital site and its future since the community hospital was closed.
97色网鈥檚 Leader and local member, Councillor Ian Roberts, said:
鈥淭his is a very sensitive site in the town of Flint.聽 97色网 and the Health Board are anxious that following the arson attack the site is made safe and secure.聽聽
鈥淟ooking to the future, the Council is looking to expand its range of care home provision.聽 The current Croes Atti home provides care for 30 residents which, as a Council, we hope to expand.聽 This could be done on site but would require the closure of the home to allow for work to be undertaken.聽 The least disruptive option would be to build a new care home on the site of the former hospital.聽聽
鈥淲e are looking to work with the Health Board to provide a new 60 bed home on the site of the former hospital site in Flint.聽 We hope to work in partnership with the Heath Board to provide a 鈥渟tep up step down鈥� care facility on the redeveloped site.聽 This is only the first step in this process and we need to work closely with the community in the Flint area and the Health Board to achieve a state of the art facility that continues to provide the best of care, in a modern setting for the residents of 97色网.鈥�
Mark Wilkinson, Executive Director of Planning and Performance at Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, said:聽
鈥淔ollowing a recent arson attack at the former Flint Community Hospital a site inspection by structural engineers has confirmed that the building is in a dangerous condition. Therefore the Health Board feels that demolishing the building and transferring the land to 97色网 to invest in new residential care facilities on the site will be the best option to support the local community.
鈥淚t has been some time since the building was used to deliver health care services and in 2018 a new 拢5m Health and Wellbeing Centre was opened in Flint to provide a range of services for the town in a modern, fit-for-purpose building.
鈥淭his included new Audiology, Heart Failure and Physiotherapy services and this has enabled people to have a range of treatments in the community, which they couldn鈥檛 previously.鈥�
As part of the exciting concept, the Health Board plans to provide 鈥渟tep up step down鈥� care beds and nursing support for hospital patients.聽