Investing in our future
Overall, the Trust’s programme represents a near £280m investment mental health services, creating first-class facilities. Works at Barnes follow the £150m transformation of Springfield Hospital in Tooting and the ongoing £110m redevelopment of Tolworth Hospital in Kingston – both hospitals provide a range of inpatient services to 1.2m people across South West London.
As well as providing high quality environments for generations of patients, this will lend a significant boost to the Trust’s ‘Anchor’ programme, as it works to deliver local investment and create a modern NHS providing care closer to home.
Maintaining our services
During the development there will be no disruption to local services. In 2023, all our teams previously based at Barnes relocated to temporary accommodation at Livingston House in Teddington where they will remain for the duration of the construction phase.
Once complete, all adult community mental health services will relocate to Barnes Hospital — children and young people's outpatient services will operate from the new Richmond Royal Health Centre from summer 2025 as described below.
Working with our community
We will continue to work closely with our community and our neighbours throughout the build phase to support a smooth construction programme at Barnes. Find out more about the latest on developments on site, including community forums, and sign up to our programme newsletter at formerbarneshospital.co.uk
Access the development partners' latest newsletter March 2025
Access the latest presentation from our bi-annual community forum Barnes Community Forum - October 2024
For any questions email BetterEnvironments@swlstg.nhs.uk