Princess Anne met the team behind Stroud’s brand new £6.5m medical centre today (March 15) in a special visit marking the official opening of the brand new facility.
The Princess Royal was welcomed to the Five Valleys Medical Practice by the managing director of Dransfield Properties, Mark Dransfield.
He gave HRH a tour of the new centre which represents the latest phase of the company’s major £25m regeneration project in Stroud.
The development has combined two established GP practices – Locking Hill Surgery and Stroud Valleys Family Practice – as well as delivering new physiotherapy and podiatry suites.
The building will also house a new community library later in the year.
As well as meeting doctors, nurses, therapists and other healthcare professionals HRH Princess Anne met the team behind the development in the town and unveiled a special plaque to commemorate the official opening of the new medical centre.
The town’s VIP guest was also treated to a tour of the shopping centre to meet some of the award winning artisan producers.
Managing Director of Dransfield Properties and co-founder of Sandersons Boutique, Mark Dransfield said: “The Princess Royal’s visit really was a very special moment for our company, it was a great honour to have the opportunity to show what can be achieved with imaginative town centre regeneration.
“This project has been a true partnership between the private and the public sector and what we have all managed to achieve by working together is a well-connected town centre with facilities which link with each other.
“It was a real honour for everyone who has been involved in this project – from the construction team to the staff in the shops and the doctors and nurses who are now delivering their services in the heart of the town centre.”
Mary Hutton and Paul Roberts, Chief Executives of NHS Gloucestershire and Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust, said: ‘’We are delighted to be part of this exciting development and for the local NHS to have made this significant financial investment.
"It gives healthcare in Stroud a major boost and creates closer working between a range of healthcare professionals and local GPs."
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