Plans to build a new neuro-rehab centre in Southampton have finally been given the go ahead.
The new 57-bedroom neurological rehabilitation centre will be built on the old Bargain Farm site in Nursling, on the north-west side of the city.
Work on the site is due to begin in the first quarter of 2021 with the service welcoming its first residents in the summer of 2022.
The bespoke facility will include physiotherapy and medical consulting rooms together with a therapy gym fitted with rehabilitation equipment as well as lounges, dining rooms, cinema and a café bar.
The facility will also include a self-contained step-down apartment.
The service will be operated by Inspire Neurocare and will provide rehabilitation care, long-term care, respite and palliative care for people with brain and spinal injuries as well as complex neurological conditions such as Parkinson’s disease and Huntington’s disease.
The centre will also be designed with the highest safety standards in mind, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Additional features include a bespoke Covid-secure visitation suite (The Family & Friends Lounge), in-built thermal imaging technology in the entrance lobby (to ensure all visitors to the home, including staff, have their temperature taken on a daily basis) and a ventilation system which ensures air in resident and day spaces is fully changed every 15 minutes.
The centre will also have hand washing and hand sanitising stations throughout for staff, residents and visitors.
The Inspire Neurocare centre is being built by Hamberley Development, the 2019 HealthInvestor Magazine Residential Care Provider of The Year.
Daniel Kay, director at Hamberley Development, said that the neurological rehabilitation centre would be a significant addition to healthcare provision in Southampton.
He said: “The Inspire Neurocare neurological rehabilitation service will be a centre of excellence that will allow us to support local NHS services and provide much-needed complex care services for local people.
“Rehabilitation services are becoming more and more advanced and so it is vital that the appropriate environment exists to deliver these life-changing services.”
Adjacent to the neurological rehabilitation centre Hamberley Development will also build a leading-edge care home for Hamberley Care Homes that will include 80 en-suite bedrooms, spacious café bistro, private dining room, hair and nail salon, activity room and bar as well as a cinema, spacious resident lounges, dining rooms and quiet lounges.
The home will also be designed with the highest safety standards in mind, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
