Frequently asked questions

Hillingdon Hospital is an old building with parts of the estate built in the 1940s as emergency wartime accommodation. It is no longer fit for purpose and must be redeveloped to ensure that we can continue to provide our patients with the best care possible.

Our vision is to create a state-of-the-art hospital which ensures the best possible care for the communities that we serve.

We will have a digitally advanced hospital, with safety, security and technology at the heart of the design. We want our patients and staff to experience a digital hospital without boundaries - where provision of care is seamless and complete whether you are on or off our hospital grounds.

Your new Hillingdon Hospital timeline is below:

Preparing hospital site for construction	2025-2028
Contractor selection and onboarding	2026
Planning application submission	2027
Outline business case submission	2027
Full business case submission	2028
Preparatory works and construction starts	2028 onwards

*These timelines could be subject to change.

We are part of the government's New Hospital Programme which is one of the largest infrastructure programmes in the UK.

In January 2025, the government approved the redevelopment of Hillingdon Hospital following a review of the New Hospital Programme. 

We are one of a small number of schemes and the only in London that has been selected to proceed in wave one of the New Hospital Programme. Wave one schemes include the hospitals which are expected to begin construction between 2025 and 2030.

You can read more about this on the GOV.UK website.

To build the new Hillingdon Hospital, we will need to temporarily relocate some services. This means that you may be asked to go to another location for your appointment.

Patients will be contacted directly about any changes to their appointments.

All our services will remain open while we are building our new hospital.

 

Our new hospital will be built on the current site next to the existing building.

It will be built in the shaded area that you can see on the image below, allowing the current hospital to continue operating while the construction works take place.

We have refreshed our designs to comply with the New Hospital Programme's Hospital 2.0 national guidance. 

This is a standardised blueprint that sets out how key areas of the hospital should be designed and laid out, including emergency care, inpatient wards, operating theatres, maternity services, diagnostics and outpatient facilities.

As part of the Hospital 2.0 approach, the new hospital will provide 100% single inpatient rooms, improving privacy, dignity and comfort. 

This has been developed in consultation with over 1,000 clinicians including from Royal Colleges, healthcare staff and patients across the country. It incorporates the latest innovations and technology and aims to decrease building time and costs for all hospitals that are part of the New Hospital Programme.

 

The new hospital will have 538 overnight beds, all in single rooms with ensuite bathrooms, offering patients greater privacy and comfort.

This is in line with the Hospital 2.0 requirements for all hospitals that are part of the New Hospital Programme.

The new hospital will have a new staff and visitor restaurant and there will be some retail space in the main foyer. 

The multi-storey car park will include a mobility hub. This will include wheelchair hire, bicycle facilities, travel information, and retail space where people can purchase food and beverages.

To meet the New Hospital Programme's Hospital 2.0 requirements and accommodate all the services required, the new hospital needs more space than the designs previously shared. 

The larger building will help ensure we can deliver modern, high-quality care and meet the needs of the communities that we serve.

We are proposing a multi-storey car park which will have spaces for staff and patients and include accessible bays. 

There will be a mobility hub inside the multi-storey car park on the ground floor. The hub will provide a range of services, including wheelchair hire, cycle facilities and travel information. 

Car parking for patients and visitors will remain on the Hillingdon Hospital site during the construction period.

To meet the New Hospital Programme's Hospital 2.0 requirements and support the services planned for our new hospital, the energy centre needs to be in a separate building. This approach provides the space needed for a modern energy facility and will help ensure the hospital has a secure and reliable supply of heat, cooling, steam and electricity.

The new hospital is being designed to be accessible for everyone. 

Bus services will continue to stop on Pield Heath Road and Colham Green Road.

 

Before construction begins, a detailed Construction Management Plan will be put in place by Laing O'Rourke, our builders for the new hospital. This will outline working hours and the steps that will be taken to reduce the impact on residents, including measures to manage noise, dust and traffic.

Our current hospital building is safe, and construction work for the new hospital will be carefully planned so that hospital services can continue safely throughout the construction period.

Appropriate safety measures will be in place, including secure hoardings, safe and clearly marked routes for staff, patients and visitors, and arrangements to manage vehicles and traffic around the site.