St. Peter's Integrated Health
and Leisure Centre, Burnley
The St. Peter's Centre, located in the very heart of Burnley, is a combined leisure and primary care centre housed in one building, extending to nearly 20,000m2 and costing some £29m.
The population of Burnley suffers from higher than average rates of long-term illness, life expectancy is significantly lower than the national average and there are particular problems associated with teenage pregnancy rates, circulatory diseases and coronary heart disease. Many of these problems are associated with lifestyle.
The centre addresses these issues directly. The new building allows the provision of a more integrated approach to primary care, giving valuable links between healthcare and exercise.
It provides for the needs of patients, permits service reprovision and integration (including the provision of services previously provided by the Acute Trust) and includes dentistry and a 24-hour pharmacy. The scheme also houses new indoor leisure facilities for the 90,000 residents of Burnley, including a swimming pool, sports hall, squash courts and dance facilities.
The project forms part of the East Lancs LIFT initiative and was started to the raise the health and other needs of the local population, including the regeneration of the town centre. It is part of the NHS ten-year plan which identifies the urgent need to improve primary care premises: these are particularly poor in Burnley and have resulted in problems of staff retention and retention at all levels.
This scheme was named Project of the Year at the RICS North West Awards in May 2007.
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