Funding boost for health services and green spaces

Google Maps A street view image of the practice, a red-brick single-storey building surrounded by shrubs and trees. A sign that reads "Dinnington Group Practice Medical Centre, late night pharmacy" sits near the building entrance.Google Maps
Dinnington Group Practice in New Street is due to receive funding to meet demand

More than £1m for improvements to Rotherham's healthcare services and access to green spaces is set to be approved.

About £256k is expected to be allocated to enhance five medical centres while £787k would go towards improving access to the Trans Pennine Trail in Wath upon Dearne.

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council said the funds would come from its Community Infrastructure Levy, a pot paid into by developers to deliver works needed to support new schemes, like housing.

The plans are expected to get the go-ahead when the council's cabinet meets on Monday.

The five medical centres chosen serve areas impacted by new housing and would benefit from improvements that would create additional clinical space, the council said.

They are Dinnington Medical Centre in New Street, The Gate Surgery in Doncaster Gate, Rosehill Medical Centre in Rosehill Road, Stag Medical Centre in Wickersley Road and Thorpe Hesley Surgery in Sough Hall Avenue.

Meanwhile, the Trans Pennine Trail Community Access project would enhance a three-mile (5km) section by creating new access links.

"By improving accessibility, we're encouraging healthier and more active lifestyles," Mr Taylor said.

"Easy access to our green spaces is vital for the longer-term health and wellbeing of our communities."

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