The Premises

The original Nuffield House was a  purpose-built Health Centre which was opened by Lord Nuffield in 1955. The Centre has never been owned by the Local Health Authority but was financed originally by the Nuffield Provincial Hospitals Trust as part of an experiment in developing primary care services.

All except two of the town’s surgeries were provided in this way which means that local doctors are in the unusual position of renting modern health centre facilities without any of the possible constraints which can occur in some health authority owned buildings.

The Nuffield Trust eventually decided that the time had come to declare its experiment a success and the Harlow Health Centres were put on the market. Harlow District Council was persuaded to guarantee the principle established by the Nuffield Trust by purchasing all the properties and creating an independent "Harlow Health Centres Trust".

In September 2005 The new Nuffield House two storey building was opened. It is situated on the same site as the old building. Close to The Stow, which is the local shopping centre for the surrounding area.

In the new building on the ground floor there are 8 GP consulting rooms, 3 nurse rooms, and a healthcare assistant room. There is also a minor operations room and nurse office.

 The first floor houses the administration and Practice managers  offices. A library/seminar room and staff room.

Also on the first floor are Speech and Language Therapy rooms - District Nurses Office, and baby clinic.