Willmott Dixon has started a new £20 million neighbourhood health hub in Weybridge, Surrey, to create a modern, purpose-built facility that will transform primary and community healthcare provision for the local population.

Procured via the Procure23 framework, the project is being delivered on behalf of NHS Property Services, working in partnership with the Department of Health & Social Care and NHS Surrey Heartlands Integrated Care Board. Once complete, the development will represent one of the region’s most substantial recent investments in primary and community healthcare infrastructure.

The new facility will provide a modern health hub designed to meet both current and future population needs. The Phoenix Family Practice will relocate into the building, which will also include maternity services, same day urgent care, diagnostics, and health and wellbeing support. A flexible first floor space will allow the NHS to adapt services over time in response to changing local demand.

Pioneering Model for Neighbourhood Health Delivery

The Weybridge facility brings together a range of primary and community health services under one roof, providing a sustainable response to local needs and forming part of a wider commitment to improving health outcomes and modernising healthcare infrastructure.

Richard Poulter, Willmott Dixon’s Managing Director for the South:

“We are pleased to be delivering this much needed community health facility for Weybridge. This development will bring essential health and wellbeing services closer to local residents, creating a modern, accessible centre shaped around the needs of the community.

“With more than 100 healthcare construction projects, 30 of which have been community healthcare facilities, delivered across England and Wales over the past decade, our team brings deep experience in creating environments that support high quality patient care. Working closely with NHS Property Services and our project partners, this will be a sustainable, high performing building that the people of Weybridge can be proud of. We look forward to completing the new facility in 2027.”

Vicky Stobbart, Director of Commissioning and Delivery for NHS Surrey Heartlands:

“This is a significant milestone for the project. The start of construction work represents years of planning, extended collaboration and a major investment in the future of this modern health facility and for the health and wellbeing of local people.”

Simon Taylor, Director Estates Policy, Strategy and Capital Projects, NHS Property Services:

"This groundbreaking event celebrates a key moment as construction begins on this £20 million investment in Weybridge. We are focussed on delivering an NHS estate that is fit for the future and meets the modern health demands of communities across the country. This new neighbourhood health facility will provide more services, which can often prevent ill health, closer to people’s homes, ensuring the Ten-Year-Health-Plan goals are achieved.”

Dr Graeme Wilding, GP Partner at The Phoenix Family Practice, said:

“Over the past eight years, despite limited space and facilities, our staff at the Phoenix Family Practice has continued to provide safe, compassionate and professional care. Reaching this stage is a significant milestone, and we’re delighted to see the new building finally underway. The new facility will allow us to expand our services, offer a more welcoming environment for patients and give us the stability we need for the future.”

The Weybridge health hub is an early example of the type of neighbourhood-based model of care set out in the NHS 10 Year Health Plan and reinforced by the government’s Budget commitment to deliver 250 Neighbourhood Health Centres across England. The programme will co-locate local health services such as GPs and physiotherapists in modern, purpose-built facilities designed to improve access to care and support a more preventative and sustainable NHS.

Health Sector Expertise

The Weybridge health hub adds to Willmott Dixon’s growing portfolio of transformational healthcare projects. The company recently broke ground on the £140m Emergency Care Building at Derriford Hospital in Plymouth – the first Wave 1 scheme in the New Hospital Programme to begin main construction.