South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust (SWLSTG) has selected a preferred bidder to work alongside it to progress its Estate Modernisation Programme (EMP).
It says the announcement ‘marks a significant milestone’ in the development of the EMP, and enables the proposals to be finalised for submission of a full business case to Government. The programme will deliver two new hospitals at the Trust’s Springfield and Tolworth sites, and additional housing in a parkland setting.
The Trust will be working with Springfield and Tolworth Estate Partnership (STEP), a 50/50 partnership with Kajima Partnerships and Sir Robert McAlpine Capital Ventures, on the ‘multi-million pound development’. It said: “The Estate Modernisation Programme marks the biggest opportunity in our generation to transform the way we deliver future mental health services in south-west London.”
Once formally approved, the plans will bring forward benefits including:
- Two new campuses ‘with first-class inpatient facilities’.
- A 32-acre public park.
- Extensive community healthcare services – ‘treating people closer to their families and homes’.
- New homes.
- A ‘state-of-the-art’ new school.
- Over £5 million for new transport facilities – boosting transport links for local residents.
Trust CEO, David Bradley, said: “We are pleased, after a robust procurement process, to have selected STEP to work alongside us to develop the more detailed plans.”