Willmott Dixon chosen for Barnes Hospital regeneration

Latest News Mon, Jul 7, 2025 6:38 AM

Willmott Dixon has started a £30m programme of regeneration at Barnes Hospital.

Willmott Dixon joined patients, carers, NHS staff, teachers and local leaders across health and education in marking the start of works to develop an NHS mental health facility and a new Special Educational Needs (SEN) school.

This major investment in health and educational provision across the borough has been made possible by funding from South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust and LocatED, an arms-length body of the Department for Education.

Reflecting on the project’s importance, Richard Poulter, Willmott Dixon’s managing director in the South: "We are excited to have been chosen to deliver this vital project, procured via the Southern Construction Framework (SCF), that will deliver modern centres of excellence for mental health and education. This will see sustainable, inclusive, and high-quality spaces created that will help shape a healthier future for people living in Barnes.”

The new NHS facility will provide accommodation for a range of community mental health services, which relocated from Barnes to the Trust’s Livingston House facility in Teddington in 2023. When Barnes reopens in 2027, the Trust’s expanded community services will continue to operate from both sites, supporting accessibility across the borough.

The school, the London River Academy, will provide 90 places for children with social and emotional mental health (SEMH) needs and will be operated by the Beckmead Trust.

Barnes’ redevelopment has been informed by consultations with staff, patients and the wider community over several years, with a residential development led by LS Estates also due to come forward on the remaining part of the site.

Barnes’ transformation is part of a major programme of rebuilding mental health facilities across South West London. This started with the £150m redevelopment of Springfield University Hospital in Wandsworth in 2022/23 and will be followed by the opening of the new Richmond Royal Wellbeing Centre this summer and the opening of Barnes Hospital in 2027. The programme will conclude with the £110m redevelopment of Tolworth Hospital in Kingston, due to be delivered in 2028.

In all this represents a £280m investment in local mental health services and makes up a key part of Trust’s ‘Anchor’ work. This aims to use NHS resources strategically and deliver investments that support communities to be healthier, happier and greener.

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