Friockheim Health Centre is set to be put on sale two years after its closure.
The former health centre closed its doors for good at the end of May 2022.
Its closure came after the centre’s last GP terminated their contract to run the facility and a two-year quest to find replacement doctors was unsuccessful.
Now, NHS Tayside have confirmed the building will be put on the market after chiefs deemed it surpluses to requirements.
And it’s hoped the move will allow the health board to funnel the money that would’ve been spent on the building’s upkeep back into care services.
Friockheim Health Centre to be sold off
A spokesperson for NHS Tayside said: “Tayside NHS Board declared Friockheim Health Centre surplus to requirement at its meeting in June.
“The property will now be prepared for sale on the open market. The property previously accommodated a GP practice which closed in May 2022.
“NHS Tayside has an extensive property footprint with many old buildings that no longer provide a suitable environment in which to care for our patients.
“By reducing the property footprint in Tayside and the associated running and maintenance costs, we can release funds to be invested into frontline clinical and care services.”
Friockheim was a popular centre with a patient list of around 3,500.
And just a few months after its closure, the findings of a national survey were released which saw Friockheim ranked the top GP surgery in Angus for patient satisfaction.
Patients transferred to other surgeries in Arbroath and Forfar in the wake of the closure.
Annat Bank Practice
This week it was also revealed a Montrose GP practice with nearly 6,000 patients is set to close.
Annat Bank Practice at Links Health Centre on Frank Wood Way will shut at the end of November.
The practice says it has been impacted by a national shortage of doctors.
NHS Tayside is now working with Angus Health and Social Care Partnership to find patients an alternative GP surgery.
