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Convenient Location, Great Health Care
PPLM’s Central Massachusetts Health Center is open for business at 470 Pleasant Street in Worcester! You can get the same great sexual health services that you're used to from Planned Parenthood, but at a bigger, more comfortable location that is more easily accessed by car or by bus. Check out directions and hours or request an appointment online.
Why a New Health Center?
Since 1982, our Central Massachusetts Health Center has been an important resource for the greater Worcester community. Increasing access to sexual health care and education is crucial to improving the health of area residents.
Demand for our services in Worcester has increased over the past decade, particularly for preventive services such as annual exams, birth control and testing for sexually transmitted infections. Last year, our 7,000 patients had more than 10,000 visits. With this new, larger health center, we are able to meet the growing health care needs of the community.
"Green" Design
An important part of the new building is that it features sustainable, "green" design. The building’s "green" features offer more natural light and an up to date, soothing environment. Other features are helping us to use water and energy efficiently. We estimate that the costs associated with the sustainable building design will be offset by savings in other areas over time.
Building Features
Features of the new building include:
- 11,000 square feet – for our health center,education and community outreach offices.
- Patient rooms designed so patients get all the care they need in one room – and clinicians and staff come to them
- Meeting rooms where we can train local teachers in our sex education curriculum, and where we can have parent workshops to help parents and kids talk more comfortably about sexual health.
Worcester Health Center Serivces
The new PPLM Central Massachusetts Health Center offers the same high-quality, affordable sexual health care that Planned Parenthood has been known and trusted for over the last 83 years. Check out a full list of our health care services and our education programs.
