A SPORTING legend officially opened a new state-of-the-art private healthcare facility on the outskirts of Winchester
Olympic medallist and Commonwealth champion Alex Danson Bennett MBE joined Winchester MP Steve Brine to cut the ribbon on the new facility on Friday, June 19.
Healthshare Clinic Winchester, in Chilcomb, is now one of 87 Healthshare clinics open across the country.
It aims to combat NHS waiting lists while providing quality care and treatment.
The clinic is equipped with the latest technology and equipment including a 3T MRI scanner, the highest quality MRI scanner and the only one available in Hampshire.
Healthshare’s executive director Jacqui Dorney said: "It’s been a long time coming and we’re super proud of what we’ve been able to achieve. The team are absolutely amazing, we have a wonderful cohort of staff and super doctors. We’re just really excited to be able to open and launch so that we can get patients into the building so that they can access the services that they want to and as quickly as possible.
“An awful lot has gone into the opening. We’ve gone from design stage, being out in portacabins in the car park and now we’ve got this wonderful five-star facility. There’s been a lot of time and effort from all of the team to get us to this week. And a lot of doctor input which is great to have, especially from the early stages so we can make sure we’ve got all the patient flows and all the geography of building in the best way we possibly could.
“Opening a healthcare facility like this in Winchester, certainly in the location we’ve got, is just superb for patients. We’re looking to open up access, we don’t want to compete with anybody in the local area, we just want to make sure patients can get care as quickly as they need to.”
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Speeches were made by KP Doyle, the Healthshare UK chair, Bob Elliot, consultant orthopaedic surgeon and Healthshare Clinic Winchester MAC chair, Dr Mike Rossiter, sports medicine consultant and chief medical officer for Team England at the Commonwealth Games 2022.
Guests including Alex, ex-GB and England’s women’s hockey captain, local dignitaries and businesses were taken on a tour.
Alex described the facilities as “beautiful” having received treatment the night before the opening.
To find out more about the new private healthcare base in Winchester go to healthshare.org.uk/clinics/winchester/.
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