A public meeting where health bosses will face residents over controversial plans to move six Shrewsbury GP surgeries into a "super hub" has been moved into one of the biggest churches in town due to demand.The meeting to discuss Shrewsbury Health and Wellbeing Hub has been moved from the Guildhall in Frankwell Quay to St Chad's Church.
Councillor Kate Halliday, chair of a Shrewsbury Town Council working group set up to scrutinise the hub proposals, said the seats at the Guildhall were snapped up so quickly that a change of venue was necessary. NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin ICS wants to build the hub, which would be financed by NHS England. It had been suggested it could open in summer 2025, and the preferred location was revealed to be land on Oteley Road, near Shrewsbury Town FC's Montgomery Waters Meadow stadium. Health bosses say it represents a"significant investment" in GP services in the town.
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