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Barts Health group chief executive Shane DeGaris responds to the government's review of the New Hospital Programme and its impact on the Whipps Cross redevelopment.

Staff have successfully reduced hospital waste by cutting single-use plastic gloves, using reusable sharps containers, and adding more recycling bins for easier recycling.

The strategy outlines ways to boost staff mobility and skill development, leveraging Whipps Cross's unique opportunities like the new Academic Centre for Healthy Ageing. 

Our redevelopment director shares an update on the redvelopment of Whipps Cross Hospital   

Earlier this month, executives from the hospital and our lead contractor IHP (Integrated Health Projects) came together to inspect progress and last week the redevelopment team took time out to thank site colleagues

As 2024 comes to an end, we reflect on some of the highlights of the year, from the commencement of work on the first of two new multi-storey car parks to providing local students with opportunities to learn more about careers in the construction industry. There is much to celebrate.

Last week, staff representing services across Whipps Cross Hospital and our local communities came together to discuss the staffing and skills that will be needed in the future to deliver high quality healthcare for local people.

Whipps Cross Hospital recently switched its nitrous oxide supply to smaller cylinders, in line with calls by the Royal College of Anaesthetists, preventing the yearly wastage of up to 1,000 tonnes of CO2.

We were honoured to have Labour MP on-site at Whipps Cross Hospital as contractors progress with the groundworks phase for the first of two new multi-storey car parks, which includes improvements to drainage as part of wider plans to prevent future flooding

Construction of the first of two new multi-storey car parks is on time and on track to complete in August 2025.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer has set out in a statement to the House of Commons that, as part of the wider audit of public spending, a review of the national New Hospital Programme will take place.

Construction on the new Whipps Cross Hospital is at last under way.

In preperation for work to start on the new multi-storey car park, we will be installing temporary traffic lights. 

After graduating with a degree in Biotechnology, Radhika worked for a pharmaceutical company before joining the civil service. She has held a number of policy and strategy roles covering various sectors from Energy to Life Sciences and Health.

Between 2019 and 2021 a first set of designs for the new hospital were created. The plans were informed by the feedback from more than 200 meetings with staff, residents, patients and community groups.

As a local resident and a consultant at the hospital, Rina has shaped and implemented new models of care during her career. She plans to use this experience to help successfully plan the new Whipps Cross.

NHS North East London has proposed a number of improvements  to the provision of community-based end of life care.

We spoke to Paul Noblet, Head of Communications and Engagement in the Redevelopment. Paul talks about the role the Communications team shares in the Redevelopment team, challenges faced in communications and more.

The Whipps Cross Community Forum is a network where local people can discuss and give their opinions on local health and care services.

Whipps Cross Hospital now have the go-ahead from government for our new multi-storey car park!

The NHS has been working with local people and care partners to understand how end-of-life care can be improved across Waltham Forest and Redbridge. At the same time, teams in West Essex continue to evolve the delivery of services for people in areas such as Loughton, Chigwell and Buckhurst Hill.

Whipps Cross Hospital redevelopment director, Alastair Finney highlights all that has been achieved in 2023. Some of which include the establishment of an Academic Centre for Healthy Ageing (ACHA) that will be hosted at Whipps Cross hospital and the appointment of IHP (Integrated Health Partners) as the ‘preferred contractor’ to build the new multi-storey car park in the early autumn. 

Find out how we plan to further reduce the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) released into the atmosphere in the new hospital.

Across Barts Health NHS Trust we have made great strides towards that target by reducing our carbon emissions by almost 40% over a decade. We spoke to staff at Whipps Cross to find out how they have been contributing to reducing carbon emissions.

Get to know your new Independent Chair of the Whipps Cross Redevelopment Community Forum, Zakriya Mohammed.

This appointment is part of the process for securing final approval for the car park from national government, which we anticipate to receive early next year.

The first phase of construction for the Whipps Cross redevelopment is expected to begin in 2024, after the government gave the go-ahead for the first of two new car parks for the hospital.

The redevelopment of Whipps Cross Hospital presents a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to build a state-of-the-art hospital. But the proposed redevelopment is about more than building a new hospital, it’s also an opportunity to transform services across the local area.

Find out all you need to know about the newest member of the Whipps Cross Redevelopment team, Head of Infrastructure, Allan Harris.

The Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England have approved the outline business case for phase two of the enabling works for the redevelopment of Whipps Cross Hospital.

Get to know Rob Selley who is the Strategy Delivery Director in the Whipps Cross Redevelopment team.

Find out why local resident and new chief executive of Whipps Cross, Amanjit Jhund is particularly passionate about the new hospital as we anticipate completion of the new hospital being completed by winter 2028/29. 

Barts Health NHS Trust and Queen Mary University London have unveiled plans for an Academic Centre for Healthy Ageing in the UK

Our redevelopment director shares an update on plans to update Whipps Cross Hospital   

It was concluded that flexibility, choice, and ensuring the right support is given to parents must be central to the new department after working with parents and staff on maternity services.  

From clearing the site of the former nurses’ accommodation to securing planning permission for the new hospital and multi-storey car park, Redevelopment Director, Alastair Finney looks back at the progress made over the past 18 months.

Our maternity services at Whipps Cross Hospital were inspected by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) in August 2022. Under the new inspection system, the service retained its overall ‘good’ rating as well as gaining a ‘good’ rating for being a ‘well-led’ department. Find out how we will be making more improvements to maternity services in them new hospital.

A spokesperson for the Whipps Cross Redevelopment responds after Walthamstow MP Stella Creasy asked the government for an update on the redevelopment of Whipps Cross Hospital. 

Redevelopment programme still waiting for information from the government’s New Hospital Programme and the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) about when the funding for the new car park will be released.

Support has now been confirmed for phase two of our ‘enabling works’, which includes construction of a 500-space car park.

The demolition works to prepare the ground for the brand new hospital, which began in March 2021, are now complete.

We held a small event to celebrate the history of the recently demolished nurses’ accommodation buildings and all the nurses who lived there.

We’re looking for participants and volunteers to get involved to help us capture stories about the hospital and preserve them as a historical resource for the future.

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has given his go ahead to proposals for the redevelopment of Whipps Cross hospital.

Join us on 30 March 2022 at 17:30 to find out more about our community history project

Whipps Cross Voices is an upcoming project led by Barts Health NHS Trust Archives, in collaboration with the Whipps Cross Redevelopment team. The project is being funded through a grant from Barts Charity.

Barts Health NHS Trust’s planning applications for a brand new hospital at Whipps Cross and redevelopment of the wider site have been approved by the Waltham Forest Council planning committee.

The demolition of the iconic chimney marked a major milestone in the demolition works to prepare the site for the brand new hospital at Whipps Cross.

From Saturday 13 to Monday 15 November staff will need to exit the staff car parks via the James Lane gate due to demolition works removing the chimney

Althea Bart has been appointed to the role of Whipps Cross Hospital community participation lead. This is a new role within the hospital to lead on and strengthen our community engagement and participation in the current hospital, with a key focus on the Whipps Cross Redevelopment.

We're planning to build a brand-new hospital at Whipps Cross. It will provide the same core NHS services as today, including A&E and maternity, with improved modern facilities, in better surroundings, for the whole community.

We’re at an exciting stage of progressing our plans for a brand new hospital for our patients, our staff and our communities.

Find out more in our update video from Alastair Finney, Whipps Cross Redevelopment Director.

The Minister of State for Health, Ed Argar, visited the Whipps Cross site on Monday 5^th July to mark the 73^rd birthday of the NHS and to tour the demolition site for the new hospital at Whipps Cross.

In November 2020, Whipps Cross Hospital had an ambition to create a Community Forum to support a stronger relationship between the hospital and the communities it serves.

Barts Health has submitted planning applications to Waltham Forest Council for a brand new hospital at Whipps Cross and for the wider development of the site, after construction of the new hospital is completed.

Work starts shortly to remove the derelict buildings on the site where the new Whipps Cross Hospital will be built. You will start to see activity from the demolition contractor as they prepare to remove the old nurses’ accommodation.

As part of the planning consultation of the emerging designs for Whipps Cross Hospital and the wider site we held three virtual public meetings in February and March 2021. A summary of the meetings, the slides presented, and a recording of the presentation can be viewed here. 

We are delighted to share our updated designs for a new, modern Whipps Cross Hospital, surrounded by green spaces and community facilities. Please find out about our updated plans in our booklet and complete our online survey to give us your views.

As part of the planning consultation of the emerging designs for a new Whipps Cross Hospital and the development of the wider site we held three virtual public meetings in December 2020. A summary of these meetings and a recording can be viewed here. 

In October and November 2020, we held three virtual public meetings with our local partners for the communities who use Whipps Cross hospital in Waltham Forest, Redbridge and Epping Forest District. A summary of these meetings is provided here. 

A brand new, state of the art, hospital could be built within a garden setting under plans for the redevelopment of Whipps Cross.

Over the past few months, our clinicians have considered what impact these changes might have on our plans for a new Whipps Cross hospital.

Waltham Forest site one of six hospitals to benefit from £2.7billion cash injection over the next five years.

A new and improved Whipps Cross Hospital is a step closer as work starts on detailed plans for a multi-million pound redevelopment of the 100 year-old site.