HEALTH bosses have said they have no plans to sell off an East Oxford sexual health clinic – despite the building appearing on a list of 'surplus sites'.

The East Oxford Clinic in Rectory Road has been listed by Oxford Health as a surplus site in the latest NHS surplus land tables.

A proposed ‘disposal date’ for the site, i.e. when the land will be sold on, has been put forward for 2020.

However following the publication of the data, the NHS trust has said it has no ‘immediate’ plans for any changes at the site, which costs £80,000 a year to run.

While Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust holds the freehold for the site, it is Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that provides sexual health screening, treatment, advice and contraception.

A spokesperson for Oxford Health said: “The Rectory Road centre site has been listed on the register for a number of years, during which its operation has remained unchanged.

“There are no immediate plans for any changes at this site.”

The tables also revealed contracts have been exchanged on a car park at Hill Top Road which will be converted into a ‘mixed-use or housing’ development.

The trust paid £25,000 in due diligence costs including legal expenses, tree surveys and marketing.

A number of other sites which have been sold on for housing were also included in the tables including the Manor House and Tindal Centre sites in Aylesbury.

Money raised from the sales has helped fund the trust’s purpose-built Whiteleaf Centre in Aylesbury.

The Charter House site in Thame, meanwhile, was sold and all services relocated to the nearby community hospital.

The trust said the move now allows patients to access multiple services in one building rather than having them dispersed across town.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust did not have any surplus sites listed in the tables.

An OUH spokesperson said: “The trust has not designated any land as surplus, as we’re still finalising our masterplan with local partners.”

The Surplus Land data provides information on NHS sites that can be disposed of for the Government’s Public Land for Housing Programme.