The moves into the new building started in December 2011 and continued through to February 2012. Patients began to use the new building as services move over. The new hospital opened fully on 1 March 2012. Vital Arts are holding a month long festival to celebrate the final move of the Royal London Hospitals services into the fantastic new home.

Further changes to The Royal London site – 2012-2014

At the end of January 2012, Alex Wing will be handed over to Skanska, our construction partners, to be refurbished and then reopened as the new Dental Hospital in 2014. Holland Wing, East Wing, Garden House, David Hughes and Fielden House will all be demolished.

Front Block will not be used and we will protect the building while the estate and commercial strategy of the Trust is further developed. To do that, the majority of the older parts of the hospital will be secured and wrapped within a hoarding to protect the buildings.

Main moves into the new building at The Royal London Hospital

December 2011

Early to mid Dec

• Majority of Imaging
• Endoscopy
• Adult Critical Care Unit (ACCU)
• Acute Admissions Unit (AAU)
• Adult wards for Elderly Care & Elective Orthopaedics

Mid Dec

• London’s Air Ambulance; A&E Emergency Department and Urgent Care Centre
• Day Case and Short Stay Unit (ACAD)
• Majority of medical wards
• Fracture Clinic
• Outpatient imaging
• Stroke Unit
• Adult Theatres (phased transfer)

Late Dec

• Neurosciences inc
• Oral and maxillofacial surgery (OMFS), ENT, Head & Neck Cancer
• Urology will temporarily move from Barts to Milward ward at The Royal London

January 2012

Early Jan

The new ring-fenced elective facility for day case and short-stay surgery opened on 9 January.

Outpatient services:

• Cardiac Investigations Unit
• Dermatology
• Haematology Day Unit
• Lung Function (Adult)
• Neurophysiology
• Ophthalmology (from both Barts and The Royal London Hospital)

February 2012

Mid Feb

• Therapy Services
• Surgical wards including Vascular, GI, HPB, Orthopaedic, Plastics & Trauma

Mid to late Feb

All women and children’s services move into dedicated facilities across three floors.

Women’s services include:

• Antenatal
• Gynaecology inc Emergency Gynaecology Unit
• Labour and Maternity
• Obstetrics
• Wards and Theatres

Children’s services include:

• Day care
• Outpatients
• Neonatal
• Paediatric Critical Care Unit (PICCU)
• Wards and theatres

Renal and Urology come together on the ninth floor.

March 2012

1 March

New building at The Royal London opened.