Groundbreaking ceremony marks start of £110m redevelopment of London’s Tolworth Hospital

STEP (a joint venture between Kajima Partnerships and Sir Robert McAlpine Capital Ventures) continues its redevelopment of mental healthcare facilities, on behalf of South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust, with the addition of a new scheme in Tolworth.

The two-and-a-half-year redevelopment represents the final part of the Trust’s ‘Better Environments Programme’, which has already delivered the £150m redevelopment of Springfield Hospital in Wandsworth.

The Tolworth Hospitals redevelopment will deliver a new five-ward hospital building, providing state-of-the-art accommodation for a number of existing mental health wards, which will relocate from older buildings at Springfield Hospital. From late 2027 a total of seven acute, older persons and specialist wards will be based at Tolworth, alongside a range of outpatient services, rebalancing provision across the Trust’s two major inpatient sites. As part of the build, Tolworth will also be opened up, with new and improved landscaping, access routes, a central plaza and a café, helping to break mental health stigma and integrate the site into the community.

At Springfield, a new ‘Springfield Village’ is now co-located with the hospital, comprising a new 32-acre park, a public square, shops, cafes, a care home and over 1,200 new homes being built up to 2027. Of these, the latest development of 449 homes will provide a rate of 50% affordable for the community.

Project Lead for STEP, Harriet Gladwell-Phillips, said: “STEP are delighted to be continuing our partnership with South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.

“Building on our productive working relationship and collective achievements at the Springfield site over the last six years, we are now excited to be delivering the new facilities at Tolworth Hospital. The whole team is proud to support the Trust’s Better Environments Programme making a tangible impact to the mental health of local communities.”