Campaigners are celebrating after health officials announced that the urgent care centre in Oadby is to stay.
There had been fears that the centre might move to Wigston when East Leicestershire and Rutland clinical commissioning group (CCG) took responsibility for it in April next year.
However, following a public consultation and a petition to keep the centre in Oadby bosses have agreed.
They have also announced that opening hours for the centre will remain from 8am-8pm during the weekend and over Bank holidays.
However, it will be open longer, from 8am-9pm, during the week.
The preferred bidder for the contract to run the service is Northern Doctors Urgent Care.
The value of the contract is approximately £1.8 million a year for three years with the option of extending for a further two years.
Tim Sacks, chief operating officer for East Leicestershire and Rutland CCG said: "During and after our public consultation we had a lot of feedback about the proposed new opening times for the urgent care centre in Oadby and Wigston.
"We've listened to what people said and looked at updated usage figures for the centre.
"As a result we are pleased to confirm that the centre will open 8am-8pm on weekends and bank holidays instead of the hours of 9am-7pm as we had proposed.
"We really value the feedback we get from local people and will continue to listen as we work towards the launch of the new service on April 1, 2015."
He added: "We are confident we have selected the best organisation to supply the urgent care service to our region.
"Northern Doctors Urgent Care demonstrated a number of ideas that were both innovative and practical which they had implemented in other areas where it provides services."
Zuffar Haq, a member of the Leicester Mercury Patients' Panel, campaigned to keep the centre in Oadby and for opening hours not to be cut.
He said: "I have been really impressed by the manner in which the CCG has listened and sensibly discussed both location and medical provision at the Oadby centre and now agreeing to the change in opening hours.
"It is fantastic news."
He added: "This walk in centre is vital for providing around 34,000 patients a year with out of hours care.
"I would like to see the Merlyn Vaz and Loughborough centre more widely advertised."
Anne Bond, from Oadby, who gathered a petition of more than 2,000 signatures to keep the centre in Oadby, said she was pleased it was now staying.
Northern Doctors Urgent Care is part of the Vocare Group which provides services in Staffordshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
John Harrison, chief executive of Northern Doctors Urgent Care, said: "We are delighted that we have been chosen as the preferred bidder.
"Our focus is to improve access to urgent healthcare for minor injuries and illnesses."
The urgent care service will also see all 33 GP practices providing minor injury and illness care.
In addition the urgent care centres in Melton, Oakham and Market Harborough will open 5-9pm. Monday to Friday and 9am-7pm at weekends and on Bank holidays.
