Eureka Park Private Hospital
Outline plans for a multi-million pound new medical centre
Private Hospital at Eureka Business Park generating 150 jobs have
been approved by Ashford Borough Council.
The 6,500 square metre, three storey centrehospital will a range
of outpatient and inpatient health services across a number of
specialties, focusing on elective surgery.
It will have four operating theatres and some 36 inpatient
bedrooms, consulting rooms, waiting rooms and landscaped
gardens.
The clinic will employ up to 150 people and provide
opportunities for local volunteers. In the short term the
development also will generate approximately 250 construction
jobs.
Though privately funded and operated, the hospital could also
provide additional diagnostics and elective surgical capacity in
the area for NHS funded patients.
“This centre will help meet the needs of an expanding local
population by providing additional capacity which the NHS can
utilise to supplement existing medical facilities,” said Cllr John
Kemp, portfolio holder for planning and development at Ashford
Borough Council.
“It will also bring some of the sought-after highly skilled jobs
which Ashford is looking to attract.”
Eureka Park has established itself as a popular destination for
new and growing business, and the new medical centre hospital will
join an already diverse range of companies at Northdownthe
site.
Andrew Osborne, economic development manager, Ashford Borough
Council said: “The provision of medical facilities will directly
benefit residents and act as a catalyst to integrate business and
residential needs by providing mixed-skilled jobs essential for the
sustainable growth of Ashford.”
For more information visit www.eurekapark.co.uk .