New hospital at The Royal London
Welcome to the new Royal London Hospital, developed as part of the new hospitals programme to replace many of our existing ageing buildings with state-of-the-art healthcare facilities.
The new hospital is home to a range of specialist centres including London’s leading trauma and emergency care centre, one of Europe’s largest renal services and a dedicated Women’s Centre and Children’s Hospital. Services will move into the new hospital between December 2011 and February 2012, view a timetable of moves.
The much-needed redevelopment of The Royal London will transform the hospital experience for patients with state-of-the-art facilities and standards of care to rival the best in Europe.
40% of the beds will be single rooms with en-suite facilities; the remainder will be light and airy four bedded bays. Friends and relatives of severely ill patients will be able to stay in overnight rooms located close by.
The layout and facilities within departments has benefited from the input of clinicians to ensure they are best suited to provide safe and patient-focused clinical care. Theatres are a third larger than in the current hospital.
The new hospital is expected to be completed by 2015, although 75% of The Royal London redevelopment was complete at the end of 2011, when services began to move in. View a map showing the changes to The Royal London site between 2012 - 2014.
A map showing how to access the new hospital from December 2011 is also available.
The new Royal London hospital
Architecture
The new hospital at The Royal London features a cluster of inter-connected contemporary glass buildings, including two 17-storey towers, one equipped with the helipad for London’s Air Ambulance, which is based at the hospital, and one ten-storey tower.
The new development replaces a number of now demolished old buildings with a coherent structure, purpose-built to support the delivery of 21st century clinical care. It is sympathetic to the hospital’s historic buildings, which are being retained, including the landmark facade on Whitechapel Road.