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Wolverhampton’s first purpose-built centre for children and young people with special health needs is set to open its doors this month. The £multi-million Gem Centre for Children and Young People at Bentley Bridge, Wednesfield, will welcome its first clients from mid-April The centre will bring together specialist community health services – including paediatrics, specialist children’s nursing, child and adolescent mental health services, hearing services, school nursing, physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech and language therapy – as well as local authority and voluntary services for the first time in the city. Jon Crockett, chief executive of Wolverhampton City Primary Care Trust, said: “Bringing all services for children and young people together under one roof will enable a more co-ordinated and integrated service to be provided and reduce the numbers of clinic visits for children with complex special needs. “The state-of-the art purpose-built facilities will provide an excellent clinical environment as well as a resource centre for both parents and professionals.” Councillor Christine Irvine, Wolverhampton City Council's Cabinet Member for Children and Young People, said: “The Gem Centre is a really exciting development demonstrating excellent partnership working between the council and the Primary Care Trust. "Children in Wolverhampton deserve the best and the Gem centre can meet their needs much better than current arrangements for children with disabilities and their families.” Local people will have the chance to check out the distinctive building’s facilities at an open day on Saturday, June 24. The Gem Centre, along with the Phoenix Primary Care Centre at Parkfields, are the first to be built under the NHS LIFT initiative, a public-private partnership to improve community health and social services facilities across the city. The centres, costing just under £nine million in total, are being funded through an initiative called the He
