Policy information sourced from Enfield Core Strategy 2010-2025

7 HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE FACILITIES AND THE WIDER DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH

Existing health and social care provision in the Borough will be retained where these continue to meet, or can be adapted to meet needs. The Council will work with the Enfield PCT, NHS London, and other public and private sector health agencies in delivering appropriate proposals for new health and social care facilities. The priority for delivery will be in the east of the Borough. Improvements in primary health care will be delivered through the development of strategic Neighbourhood Health Centres and by more local facilities such as Walk in Centres or Modern GP Practices and Urgent Care facilities.

To meet the needs of existing and new communities the Council, working with partners, will plan to deliver the following facilities over the next 15 years:

Table 5.2 Health & Social Care Requirements
PhasingInfrastructure Requirements
0- 5 years (2010/11 - 2014/15)
  1. Improvements to facilities at Forest Road and Evergreen health care centres to create a Neighbourhood Health Centre at Edmonton Green; 2. Development of a Neighbourhood Health Centre in the Ponders End area; 3. Potential expansion of Eagle House Surgery, Ponders End as a spoke facility; 4. Development of a large spoke practice in Innova Park; 5. Spoke facility proposed as part of a community hub in Ponders End High Street; 6. Urgent Care Centres located in Chase Farm and North Middlesex hospital sites; 7. Potential Walk in Centre facility in Arnos Grove/New Southgate area;
  1. Relating to points 2-5: Potential Walk in Centre facility in Arnos Grove/New Southgate area; 2. Relating to point 7: Potential site(s) to be considered in the North Circular Area Action Plan.
6-10 years (2015/16 - 2019/20)New Neighbourhood Health Centre facility in Enfield Town;Site to be identified in the Enfield Town Area Action Plan.
11-15 years (2020/21 - 2024/25)
  1. New spoke facility in Central Leeside (Meridian Water) community hub; and 2. New Neighbourhood Health Centre facility for south west Enfield potentially in either Southgate or Palmers Green Town Centres
  1. Site to be identified in Central Leeside Area Action Plan.
  2. Site to be identified in the Site Schedule Document.

Further proposals for Walk in Centres and modern GP practices outside of the Area Action Plan areas are detailed in the Infrastructure Delivery Plan. Proposals for sheltered accommodation, a carers centre, a dual registered care home, and accommodation for people with physical and mental disabilities are also detailed in the Infrastructure Delivery Plan.

Further proposals for Walk in Centres and modern GP practices outside of the Area Action Plan areas are detailed in the Infrastructure Delivery Plan. Proposals for sheltered accommodation, a carers centre, a dual registered care home, and accommodation for people with physical and mental disabilities are also detailed in the Infrastructure Delivery Plan.

A pattern of land uses will be promoted to encourage healthier lifestyles including Core Policies 11 (recreation), 25 (pedestrians and cyclists), 30 (environmental quality), 34 and 35 (greater use of parks and open spaces) and Chapter 9 Core Polices for Places. The emerging Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) will establish the health and social care needs of local communities within Enfield. The Council will work with health care agencies and the Enfield Strategic Partnership to ensure whenever possible that new development helps to promote healthy communities and places, and to address health inequalities in the Borough, by influencing the wider determinants of health - particularly in the Edmonton Green Area for Regeneration. The JSNA and Health and Adult Social Care commissioning strategies will establish the health and social care needs of local communities within Enfield.

The programme to deliver 24 Children’s Centres across the Borough by 2010 is nearing completion. The Council will support further provision where there is an identified need.

For major developments, the applicant will be required to undertake a Health Impact Assessment. The criteria for this will be set out in the Development Management Document. In addition, for major developments within South East Enfield (Edmonton) Area of Regeneration, the London Plan requires the applicant to undertake a Social and Economic Impact Assessment. The criteria for this will be set out in the Development Management Document.

For more information please see the Core Strategy 2010-2025