New Building

The Centre's New Build Appeal

The current Chilterns MS Centre (CMSC) site has been sold by Defence Estates to a residential developer (Barratt Bellway) and is being developed for residential use.

A deed has been entered into by CMSC and Barratt Bellway under which they have agreed to relocate the Centre to a new custom-built centre near to the present site. The deed provides for the construction by Barratt Bellway of a Centre of 14,000 sq ft size. Barratt Bellway are contributing in excess of £1m towards this £2.8m project.

The new Centre will enable us to increase our treatments and Services to our patients, their families and friends.

The new Centre will comprise of a 2 storey purpose built building of 14,000 sq ft compared with our current building of 2,500 sq ft. This new facility will be furnished and equipped to meet the needs of treating catering for the treatment of people with MS.

The new Centre will provide:

• a larger general treatment area, with a designated gym area; more space, more equipment to suit all abilities
• specific treatment rooms, away from the general treatment area; more privacy if required
• a larger modern double High Density Oxygen Therapy chamber
• a Hydrotherapy pool
• a “social” area – a bigger designated area for friends, carers and family members to meet
• an improved and larger kitchen area to prepare light refreshments
• multipurpose treatment rooms for new treatments (podiatry, speech therapy, occupational therapy). More space, more services to make our patients visit better
• a training/seminar room to hold meetings and run courses on a variety of MS related topics for patients, carers and social workers plus an area for staffs CPD [continuing professional development]
• improved storage facilities