We urgently need a new hospital – find out more about our redevelopment programme and how you can help us to create a better St Mary’s
St Mary’s is the site in most urgent need of redevelopment. We submitted a first stage business case in August 2020 and, following discussions with the New Hospital Programme, we updated and re-submitted the case in September 2021 based on full, upfront funding being provided centrally.
You can read a summary of the St Mary's strategic outline case. The redevelopment will involve building a new, 800-840 bed hospital in the east of the St Mary’s estate. It will be primarily one, tall building on a smaller footprint than the current facilities which are spread across the ten acre site.
Following the Government’s decision in May 2023 to delay the main capital funding for the Trust’s schemes, the Trust has been working with the New Hospital Programme to explore ways to keep its redevelopments on track.
In January 2024 the Trust launched a range of activities to gather the views of patients and local communities about what matters most to them. These engagement activities align with Westminster City Council’s upcoming Regulation 19 public consultation, which will incorporate an updated site allocation for the St Mary’s campus. You can read the feedback from our recent survey about what you would like to see from a new St Mary's Hospital. In the meantime we are continuing to deliver an estates and infrastructure investment plan for the short to medium term.
Following the 2024 General Election, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves gave a statement to the House of Commons on 29 July, including that the Government will “conduct a complete reset of the New Hospital Programme, with a thorough, realistic and costed timetable for delivery”. The Trust has welcomed the review as it is vital we get clarity on funding and approval processes for our three schemes in the New Hospital Programme – St Mary’s, Charing Cross and Hammersmith.
We are anticipating relatively modest funding, already allocated from within the New Hospital Programme’s current year budget, to begin RIBA stage 2 detailed design and planning work for St Mary’s. This work will allow us to stay on track and provide time to determine when and how the main building works are funded. Options include leveraging the value of our own land that will be surplus to requirements once we have a new hospital on a less sprawling footprint.
