PLANS for a major, multi-million euro 55,000sq ft four-storey primary health care centre have been lodged for a site at Cork’s St Patrick’s Woollen Mills, along the side of the N40 south ring road.
Valley opened a PCC in Ballincollig, Cork, earlier this year in a building of comparable size (66,000 sq ft) to include three GP group practices at the former Murphy Barracks site, capable of serving a catchment of up to 70,000.
The application for the Douglas PCC site was made via Ballincollig-based Harry Walsh Planning for Valley Healthcare, and was accompanied by a letter of support from the land owner, Ann Murphy MD of St Patrick’s Woollen Mills.