Bevan Health & Wellbeing Centre

Tredegar, Blaenau Gwent

Client: Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
Sector: Healthcare
Cost: £16M

The Bevan Health & Wellbeing Centre, built on the former Tredegar Hospital site, began construction in Autumn 2021, and was completed in January 2024. It will  provide a comprehensive range of Primary Care, Community, Social Care and Wellbeing Services in one place for local residents.

Cardiff-based development consultants, Lee Wakemans, is providing cost management services to the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board on the development, acting as cost advisors for all the business case stages and securing full capital funding for the project.

The new facility was constructed around a restored part of Tredegar General Hospital's original structure, in the birthplace of Aneurin Bevan and the NHS. The project is part of a wider step change in healthcare delivery in Wales, and is one of 19 new integrated health and wellbeing centres proposed for Wales.

The Health & Wellbeing Centre houses two existing GP Practices working independently; Tredegar Health Centre and Glan-yr-Afon Surgery. The centre will bring a range of services for patients together in one place, including General Medical Services, Community Pharmacy and Community Dentistry, Community Services, Social Care and Third Sector Partners.

A series of mitigation measures were put in place to ensure the original Tredegar General Hospital site, which became derelict after closing over a decade ago, and is considered a conservation area, was treated respectfully. This included the incorporation of a permanent bat roost, in the new plans, to sensitively deal with the issue of bats.