Plans for a new train station in Golborne have taken another step towards completion.
03.12.2023 - 08:41 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A new private health clinic could be coming to Standish soon if the latest plans are approved.
The former travel agents on High Street could be transformed into a health centre for local residents of the Wigan village. The private centre would provide mental health support and therapy as well as offer physiotherapy and podiatry services, a planning document stated.
The former home of Got 2 Go Travel would be given a complete overhaul with the creation of a waiting room, reception and treatment/consultation rooms on the ground floor.
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The first floor would contain a larger treatment room and staff offices. Applicant Mr Shamir Patel believes a wider range of health services in the area is needed.
“The proposed development would broaden the existing provision of public services through the introduction of new clinical services within the town centre,” the design and access statement said.
“Existing similar services already exist (GP practices, podiatrist etc) however the proposed development would provide a unique facility in which a range of private direct to patient clinical care services can be provided, with the aim of alleviating strain on existing GP and NHS local provision.”
The applicant believes this service, if approved, would help relieve the local GP services by providing direct patient care and reduce waiting times on stretched NHS services for routine care.
Consultation is ongoing until the end of December and Wigan Council are expecting to make a decision early in 2024.
Plans for a new train station in Golborne have taken another step towards completion.
Drivers in Rochdale could be fined for "moving traffic offences" around the borough as part of a new scheme due to come into force by summer.
Alex Batty - who was missing for six years before being reunited with his grandmother in Oldham - has revealed he wanted to return home to have a better future.
Four North West-based community projects have been awarded more than £1.2 million of government funding aimed at saving community assets. Pubs, museums, cinemas and historic buildings will be kept alive by the funding announced on Friday (December 22).
Police have issued a fresh appeal for help to find a missing man from Trafford.
A new 15-storey tower block with over 100 student homes could soon be built in Manchester’s Oxford Road corridor.
The government ministers and officials who spoke of a 'punishment beating' for Greater Manchester during the pandemic when local leaders resisted tougher Covid restrictions without adequate funding have been named. Andy Burnham's behaviour during his stand-off with the government in autumn 2020 was described as 'appalling' at the meeting attended by the UK's top politicians and advisers.
Greater Manchester Police has been issued with an enforcement notice by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) over the force's 'repeated failures' to respond to requests made under the Freedom of Information Act, it was revealed today.
Work to transform a historic warehouse behind Piccadilly Station into a series of ‘creative workspaces’ is getting underway in a matter of weeks.
It’s not long until Christmas Day, which means that New Year’s Eve is just around the corner. Many of us will be thinking about how to say goodbye to 2023 and say hello to 2024.
The family of a much-loved grandad are urging people to look out for him after searching for him for more than four days. Gary Alder, a dad-of-five from Swinton, was last seen on Tuesday (December 5) and his relatives have not heard from him since.
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News that the English National Opera (ENO) will be moving to Greater Manchester has been welcomed locally - but elsewhere in the country, some people aren't happy. Plans to make the city-region its 'main home' by 2029 were announced this morning (December 5).
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Strictly Come Dancing fans have shared their 'hope' after some thought a 'new dancer' had been hired. Things were a bit different on Sunday night (December 3) as the results show became a general chit-chat with the show's stars following an unexpected withdrawal from the BBC One dance contest.
Sky Sports pundits Jamie Carragher and Roy Keane have heavily criticised Manchester United attacker Marcus Rashford following his below-par showing in Saturday's 1-0 defeat to Newcastle United at St James' Park.
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