A new 3,000 sq ft private GP clinic is set to open right in the centre of Belfast next month offering, among other services, GP appointments, scanning, urgent care, minor surgery, and ADHD specialisms. The significant investment by Duality Healthcare will create 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 Derry 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.
Sarah Marks, Chief Operating Officer at Duality Healthcare, says that the Belfast clinic will address a genuine and growing need.
“Duality Healthcare is addressing a genuine and growing challenge within the healthcare system: access to timely, high-quality care delivered in a way that is clinically robust, patient-centred and scalable. Our business is built around clinical leadership, real-world delivery and an understanding of regulatory and operational realities and we strongly believe that demand for the services we offer from the new Belfast clinic will be extremely strong,” she says.
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, CEO of Duality Healthcare says: “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.
Welcoming the investment, Clare Guinness, CEO of Belfast Chamber added: “Duality Healthcare’s new clinic is a very welcome addition to Belfast city centre. The opening will not only be a significant milestone in Duality Healthcare’s journey but is also significant for the city centre with its welcome investment and the creation of new employment opportunities, not to mention its potential very positive contribution to the provisional of quality healthcare.
“I congratulate the Duality Healthcare team and look forward to seeing the Belfast clinic opening and contributing positively to Belfast city centre.”
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 Mens Health specialities
- Minor Surgery
- Earcare
- ADHD Services