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final residents are being moved the proposed new 40 bed community to raise money for a minibus, which has
from their rooms at Eltham and hospital, with a suggested opening date of served the home for more than a decade,
Mottingham Nursing Home in Passey Place 2011. and organise outings for residents. The
this month before the building’s demolition. bus, which cost £30,000, is being given to
Longer-term residents have been gradually The changes will mark the end of the road Marlborough School in Sidcup.
moved over recent months from the for a building which was opened in 1898
building, which has been a nursing home as community hospital and which had The involvement of the group had reduced
since 1989, in anticipation of its final closure a 90 year history of catering for the local more recently as the emphasis changed
by 31 March. population in a period of great advances in towards residents needing continuing care.
medical care. The aim of the new development is to
The remaining residents in the 24-bed provide more easily accessible NHS services,
home, run by the Hexagon Housing Rev Geoffrey Mason, chair of the home’s reducing journey times and catering for an
Association, are short-term stays and respite friends group, says that the home has increasingly ageing population.
care. played an important part in community life Among the facilities will be:
over the last 20 years.  40 intermediate-care beds for
Detailed design work for the new £4.6m  short-term needs;
hospital on the site has been the subject “It has done a brilliant job over the years and  a 24/7 walk-in care centre for minor
of intense behind-the-scenes work by provided an excellent standard of care. It has injuries and illnesses;
Greenwich Primary Care Trust. Their been particularly good being at the centre  hospital outpatient services for
response to a consultation exercise in 2008 of town making easy access for visitors. people with long-term conditions;
and the timing of a planning application The building was originally the local  treatments and therapies for
and building schedule are still awaited. community hospital, so the new plans  non urgent conditions;
Among the questions to be resolved are mean things will have turned full circle.”"  minor surgery, blood tests and x-rays;
issues relating to parking and traffic for The Friends group was originally set up  maternity care.
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