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The Construction Employers Federation awarded H & J Martin Ltd with a prestigious Health Infrastructure Award, for the construction of Portadown Community Treatment and Care Centre on 8 October 2010, during a ceremony held in the Culloden Hotel.  

Sammy Wilson, Minister for Finance and Personnel, was the guest of honour at the event.

The £16.5m, 6,000m², three-storey Centre, was built on a site adjacent to the existing centre but is over three times the size of the previous Health Centre.  It houses:

● eight GP practices,

● x-ray facilities,

● orthopaedic services,

● dental and rehabilitation services,

● a café,

● a nondispensing pharmacy, and

● a Citizens Advice Bureau.   

The building was unveiled by the Health Minister, Michael McGimpsey during a visit to Portadown on 22 March 2010, and opened for business on the 29 March 2010.  It is the fifth Health and Care Centre to be constructed as part of the Department’s Primary and Community Care Investment Programme.  Health and Care Centres adopt a one-stop-shop person-centred approach providing locally accessible integrated services including:

● treatment,

● care and information,

● the development of   chronic disease management programmes, and

● some diagnostic services currently provided in acute care.

Portadown Health and Care Centre also won the award for “Best Future Design Concept” at the Rewarding Excellence in Healthcare Design Awards in 2006.