'A key milestone in our growth': Former Northern Ireland Deloitte office opens as new £500,000 private GP clinic
Duality Healthcare launches 3,000 sq ft city-centre clinic, creating 10 new jobs and providing GP appointments, scanning, urgent care, minor surgery, and ADHD services
A new 3,000 sq ft private GP clinic opened in Belfast today (Monday) offering, among other services, GP appointments, scanning, urgent care, minor surgery, and ADHD specialisms.
The significant investment by Duality Healthcare is creating 10 new jobs including GPs, nurses, and admin staff.
The clinic, at the former Deloitte office on Bedford Street, is the latest in a number of Duality Healthcare clinics across Northern Ireland. A further two clinics are expected to open in other parts of Northern Ireland this year bringing its total number of clinics to seven.
The company currently employs over 60 people with clinics in Newry, Ballymena, Omagh and Londonderry in addition to the planned Belfast operation. Duality Healthcare also recently announced an innovative partnership with Gordon’s Chemists aimed at bringing enhanced virtual and face-to-face GP services to Gordons locations across Northern Ireland.
At the heart of Duality Healthcare’s business model are two principles: affordability and accessibility. It offers an individual membership plan starting from £34.99 per month, alongside pay-as-you-go options, including virtual GP appointments. It is also now offering membership plans for couples, families, and over-65s as well as corporate packages for businesses across the province
John McEvoy, chief executive of Duality Healthcare explained: “Opening our Belfast city centre location is a key milestone in Duality’s growth. Being right in the heart of the city puts Duality exactly where we need to be, embedded in a busy neighbourhood, easy to reach with fantastic transport connections, affordable, with appointments designed around the pace of city life allowing us to stay close to the people we serve.”
The new Belfast clinic represents an investment of more than £500,000 by Duality Healthcare and follows the announcement that the company secure £4.5m in funding through an investment round in August. The clinic has been created and fitted out to the highest standards with support from suppliers including ROC Contracts Limited, McConnell Property Limited, Herron Contractors Limited, SignDsign and TSA Planning.
The full list of services to be offered at the new Belfast clinic includes: GP, Urgent Care, Referrals, Prescriptions, Scanning (Ultrasound, ECG, Breast Scanning), Medicals (MOTs/Preimum medicals/Letters/Reports), Blood Tests, STI Testing, Women's and Men’s Health specialities, Minor Surgery, Earcare and ADHD Services