Surgical hub proposed to cut waiting times
Getty ImagesA surgical hub could be built in Scunthorpe to help ease waiting lists for elective surgeries.
Independent provider One Health Group has proposed the facility for undeveloped scrubland off Normanby Road near the town's driving test centre.
The single-storey building would include a reception and waiting area, consultation rooms, a physio room, recovery unit, and 12 en-suite bedrooms for patients.
North Lincolnshire Council will decide whether to approve the hub which would focus on orthopaedics, spinal, general surgery and gynaecology.
Sheffield-based One Health Group is an NHS-designated body, meaning it carries out treatments for the National Health Service.
The group currently treats about 12,000 patients a year across its existing sites, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.
"The opportunity exists to provide an efficient use of this site providing employment for up to 20 staff," Hay Associates Ltd stated in a planning document on behalf of the applicant.
It added the facility would "provide a much-needed medical facility which will relieve the pressure currently mounting on the NHS".
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