Community hospital coming soon to Kings Norton Post Date : August 20, 2024 News CHEC Marketing CHEC’s new centrally located centre set to reduce NHS waiting times and increase patient choice. CHEC, one of the UK’s leading providers of community healthcare, has completed the fit out of its new hospital in Kings Norton, Birmingham. Due to open in the upcoming months, the facility will help reduce NHS waiting times and increase patient choice by providing access to ophthalmology and gastroenterology services in the community. The new hospital will support the NHS in reducing waiting times by treating patients within four weeks of a referral being received. The new hospital is located at Kingsgate House, Kings Norton Business Centre, and features a state-of-the-art clinical facility complete with an ophthalmology theatre and one endoscopy suite. Within walking distance of the town centre, the 7,830 sq ft site has ample free parking and excellent transport links. Working in partnership with the NHS, CHEC has more than 25 community hospitals nationwide. The addition of CHEC in Birmingham strengthens its existing West Midlands stronghold, which already includes Coventry and Worcester. “For well over a decade, we’ve been trusted by the NHS to deliver healthcare services free of charge to local residents, so we can’t wait to open our doors and become part of the Kings Norton community,” explains Jose Bailey, Chief Commercial Officer at CHEC. “In the meantime, we’d welcome any residents to get in touch and learn more about how we work with the NHS to make much-needed treatments more readily accessible. Patient choice, exceptional care and equity of access are central to CHEC’s operations and ethos, which is why we’re proud to collaborate with NHS partners nationwide, helping to keep waiting times to a minimum while delivering the very best quality of care.” concludes Jose.