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Search the Public Notice Portal'Improved medical services for Ipswich' was the promise made by NHS staff as work officially began to convert a historic pub into a doctors surgery.
Senior NHS leaders and MP Patrick Spencer unveiled the start of construction works which will see The Inkerman Pub, in Norwich Road, being converted into part of Cardinal Medical Practice.
The building was purchased by the surgery, which is the largest medical practice in Ipswich, in March after the plans were approved by Ipswich Borough Council with works expected to be complete by spring.
Cardinal Medical Practice General Manager Andrew Preston said: "It's really amazing. It's taken a long time to get to this point. We're really excited as a surgery to see what more we can do, how many more patients we can bring and serve the local area. It's a really big milestone for us.
"This means improved services for the people who need it around this area, and for all of Ipswich, it's a really, really big town, a lot of people, and they deserve the best care that we can provide."
The conversion will see six new clinical rooms, toilets, a small waiting room, administration rooms, storage, and a group room built on the ground floor.
The Inkerman has been left abandoned since it closed in 2022.
Cardinal Medical Practice is the largest doctor's surgery in Ipswich, with around 27,000 registered patients across its sites.
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Ed Garratt, CEO of the NHS Norfolk and Suffolk Integrated Care Board (ICB) said: "This means that there's going to be more space to accommodate more services.
"There's better accommodation for the staff, and happier staff means better care and for the patients itself, it's more services provided locally, which is the commitment we have in Suffolk."
Central Suffolk and North Ipswich MP Patrick Spencer added: "For too long I've felt that people haven't been able to get an appointment and they haven't been able to get access to services quick enough when they need them.
"This is just one project that we'll hope will go to ameliorate that problem, so we're really delighted for the area."
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