The opening of a long awaited health centre in Llanbradach has taken a step closer as the process to choose a developer begins.
Interviews for a developer to build health centre for Llanbradach are to take place in early in November, Plaid Cymru ward councillors have been told.
Local campaigners will meet Aneurin Bevan University Health Board later in November, once the contractor has been chosen.
Councillor Colin Mann, who represents the ward with fellow Plaid councillor Rob Gough, said: “This project has been a long time coming and everyone is anxious that we have this much needed health centre as soon as possible. We are continuing to press the officials on the scheme.
“The published timescale says that the centre will be completed before the end of next year and we will be checking if the schedule is still being kept. ”
Aneurin Bevan health officials said that they were not in a position to confirm the use of the former church site in the village as the site for the centre but this would be clearer once a developer is appointed.
Plans for improved GP services in Llanbradach moved a major step nearer last year with a scheme for the provision of a new health centre successfully passing a key hurdle when the Initial Proposal Document (IPD) was accepted by the health board.
The health centre will provide space for the two existing doctor’s surgeries, with provision for more than 5,000 patients.
The scheme has been mooted for more than a decade and will replace the existing
surgeries.