Plans to create a psychological well being heart have been introduced across the clock all through the week in a earlier financial institution constructing, as a part of the NHS experimental scheme.
Whitehaven Neighborhood Belief Restricted utilized for permission to transform the previous Halifax department on King Road, Whithavin, to Haif Haven Heart.
This comes after NHS England introduced the pilot to increase psychological well being companies within the area and supply varied companies beneath one roof.
“The axis will present drop assist, 1: 1 consultations, group remedy and classes that concentrate on bodily well being, health, and promotion of well being and joint studying,” stated planning paperwork supplied to the Campeland Council.
A number of organizations from the middle will work together with Cumbria, Northumberland Tyne and Put on NHS Basis Belief, charities and psychological well being organizations that may present recommendation for housing and employment.
The Halifax department was closed in 2024 and though the constructing shouldn’t be listed, it’s positioned inside the realm of preserving the middle of Whithavin.
Planning paperwork stated that the minimal amendments will happen on the exterior a part of the constructing and any work that may respect its “architectural character and historic worth.”
They added: “The proposed use seeks to stimulate the constructing, which is at the moment vacant and in a state of decline.”
2025-07-28 05:05:00