£1m funding boost for Rotherham health services and green spaces
The five medical centres chosen serve areas impacted by new housing and would benefit from improvements that would create additional clinical space, the council said.They are Dinnington Medical Centre in New Street, The Gate Surgery in Doncaster Gate, Rosehill Medical Centre in Rosehill Road, Stag Medical Centre in Wickersley Road and Thorpe Hesley Surgery in Sough Hall Avenue.Meanwhile, the Trans Pennine Trail Community Access project would enhance a three-mile (5km) section by creating new access links."By improving accessibility, we're encouraging healthier and more active lifestyles," Mr Taylor said."Easy access to our green spaces is vital for the longer-term health and wellbeing of our communities."Listen to highlights from South Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North or tell us a story you think we should be covering here.
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