Aims of the Parkview Development
The provision is for a fit for purpose new Health Centre on the wider site at Park View in Ely (Wellbeing Hub@Park View) adjoining the existing Ely and Caerau Community Hub, that meets all statutory requirements and best practice models whilst supporting GMS sustainability and increases utilisation of public assets. The facility will provide high quality, sustainable and adaptable accommodation which supports improved access to a seamless range of integrated social, health and wellbeing services delivered closer to peoples’ homes, supporting an improved social model of health for the residents of the Cardiff South West cluster community but also the wider locality.
Access to an enhanced community health and wellbeing facility will help connect local people to community resources, practical help, group activities and provide opportunities to meet their health needs whilst increasing social participation but through developing new facilities where health, social care, and community services are co-located, public sector assets can be shared, with opportunities to deliver efficiencies as a result.
Proposals have been developed in partnership with local GPs, the Local Authority, third sector organisations and the local community and will focus on ‘prevention’ and ‘wellness’ rather than ‘illness’ supporting the Wellbeing of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015.
The provision of the new Wellbeing Hub will deliver a range of benefits to the population, staff, and the organisations within the Regional Partnership. Patients will benefit from improved access to important services, with the ability to access both health, care, and other community services closer to home, with activity and resource focused at where the need is highest across Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan
This scheme is a fundamental priority for the Health Board and its key stakeholders and partners and is a key enabler to delivering its ambition to become and Integrated Community Care System (ICCS). It represents the culmination of over five years planning with preparation to enable the redevelopment of these facilities to not only provide much needed local support services to residents but also enabling the implementation of the Health Board’s plan Shaping our Future Wellbeing to shift delivery of services, where appropriate, from acute hospitals into the community.
The scope of the project includes the implementation of a community-based facility that supports GMS sustainability, meets statutory requirements, best practice models and addresses service models, known capacity issues and improves clinical flows along with providing a better social model of health for the community and wider cluster population.
It supports the Health Board’s ambition to deliver on the four strategic ambitions:
- Putting people first
- Providing outstanding quality
- Delivering in the right places
- Acting for the future
This project is also in full alignment with the Cardiff and Vale Regional Partnership Board Joint Area Plan and Cardiff Public Service Board Wellbeing Plan.