Groundbreaking facilities for Springfield University Hospital

Groundbreaking facilities for Springfield University Hospital

At the heart of Springfield University Hospital are our new cutting-edge Trinity and Shaftesbury hospital buildings. Together, they represent a £150m investment and are the culmination years of hard work from our teams, communities and partners in South West London.

The facilities have been designed to provide high quality inpatient services that deliver modern mental healthcare. This ensures people have the best chance to recover in the best environment, and support our staff to deliver the outstanding care our service users deserve from us.

Construction began in January 2020 and continued throughout the pandemic. Trinity, which opened on time and in budget in December 2022, is home to over 30 teams, including over 500 staff and provides care to patients in two acute wards, two specialist wards including our national Deaf services ward, and adult community and children’s and young people’s outpatient services. Since opening, Trinity has received national and international acclaim.

Trinity was followed by the new Shaftesbury building lin October 2023, which houses three forensic wards as well as a specialist unit for adults with intellectual disabilities with or without autism.

Co-designed with patients, carers and service users, space, light and nature have been guiding principles in the buildings’ development. They include spacious ensuite bedrooms, world-class artworks and garden courtyards, providing places for rest and reflection.

Creative spaces for healing

Creative spaces for healing

As part of the innovative design, the new Trinity and Shaftebury buildings feature 20 world-class artworks created in partnership with arts and mental health charity Hospital Rooms – the first time an art project of this scale has been undertaken in the NHS.

Taking place over three years, Hospital Rooms led 120 art workshops with patients, carers and staff, which inspired incredible conversations, collaborations and artwork proposals. From this, artists co-designed vibrant and uplifting artworks that have helped to shape a new creative landscape for mental healthcare in South West London.

“Our first ever Hospital Rooms project took place at the Trust’s Phoenix Unit. Six years later, we are delighted that our most ambitious project to date is a collaboration with everyone at the Trust.

“After more than 120 artist-led creative workshops that took place at the hospital with service users and staff, we have now installed 20 extraordinary, co-created artworks throughout the new Trinity and Shaftesbury buildings.

"From murals to video installations, wall sculptures to opera, there are many firsts for us, and we are proud to be part of this new vision for a mental health hospital. We have loved working so closely with everyone at Springfield Hospital over the last 18 months.”

– Niamh White and Tim A Shaw, co-founders of Hospital Rooms

You can find these artworks in the shared spaces throughout the buildings and on our wards. From large scale vinyl installations and detailed painted murals to sound and moving-image based pieces, these works are ambitious, thought provoking and fundamentally reimagine the role of creativity in mental health environments.

“Joining the Hospital Rooms project has been lifechanging for me. The opportunities I’ve had to meet new people, learn new skills and spend time being creative has had enormous positive effects on my mental wellbeing and recovery. Without Hospital Rooms I don’t think I would have recovered and got back to normal life as quickly as I did.”

– Liam, service user

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