City to benefit from £250,000 health centre transformation
Lochee Health Centre is 'restrictive and generally inefficient', a report says.
Lochee Health Centre could be set for a £250,000 transformation.
Dundee Council will consider a report on Friday recommending a better and more effective layout to reflect up-to-date methods of delivering services.
The report says that the current building has "poor and confusing" signage and the flow of patients and staff in and around the centre is "restrictive and generally inefficient".
It goes on to say that the centre has "limited ability to share clinical and support spaces, which further limits the residents services' ability to deliver modern multi-disciplinary models of care".
The integration joint board chair, councillor Ken Lynn, said: "It is clear that the current building at Lochee Health Centre is holding back our desire to deliver services in a joined up way that are much more effective for the people of the area.
"There is no doubt that Lochee has some of the greatest health needs in the area and its people deserve a health centre that focuses on the best outcome for them.
"Staff from the services which use the centre are doing a superb job, I think a transformation of the building would really help them in their work."