On Monday October 25 the car park will close to allow contractors Galliford Try access to the site to begin preparatory work. The company, one of the UK’s leading building contractors was chosen by the Council after a competitive tendering process.

Work is expected to take up to two years and the Council, working with NHS partners, expects the centre to provide a range of integrated community health care services rather than the present situation where such help is scattered across the borough. 

Worthing Borough Council’s Executive Member for Health and Wellbeing, Cllr Sean McDonald, said, ‘I am proud that the Council is laying the foundation for this innovative project, putting money up front to fund a state-of-the-art building that will give medical services excellent facilities to deliver first class health care for residents.

‘Bringing community health services together under one roof improves efficiency and outcomes for users and allows professionals to learn from each other to the benefit of those users.

‘It is fantastic news that work is about to get under way.’