Powerful precedent for historic NHS site

Richard Coe, Project director, Kajima Partnerships, explains how a fascinating historical site, and a close working relationship between Kajima, Sir Robert McAlpine, and South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust, helped unlock the estate modernisation of the Springfield University Hospital site in Wandsworth. The 82-acre site was virtually all within NHS ownership, with most of the buildings, except for a number of impressive Victorian Grade 2 listed buildings, and some newer Trust facilities, in need of demolition. Springfield Village is the result – a new community where new mental health facilities are expected to be delivered from 2022 onwards.

South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust (SWLSTG) is the main provider of mental health services for adults, older people, children, and adolescents, living in the London boroughs of Kingston, Merton, Richmond, Sutton, and Wandsworth. The Trust provides inpatient, outpatient, and community services, and forensic services for people with mental health problems who have been through the criminal justice system. It is the site of much important work in the UK, providing services for deaf children and adults, eating disorder services for children and adults, and services for the treatment of obsessive-compulsive and body dysmorphic disorders. The Trust is among the UK’s most diverse providers of mental health services, providing care and treatment for around 20,000 people each year, and serving a local population of one million residents. In partnership with a number of universities, it also provides education, training, and research

Constrained by ageing buildings