The St Pancras Hospital Transformation Programme will see several NHS services move from the St Pancras Hospital site by 2027, as part of an effort to redevelop the site and improve healthcare services for patients in North Central London. The moves aim to provide modern, fit-for-purpose buildings that would provide improved clinical and therapeutic environments.

The North Central London Joint Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee met on Friday 12 September 2025, to discuss the programme, which aims to modernise facilities and enhance patient care. The moves are part of a broader strategy to improve both mental and physical healthcare in the region.

According to the Public reports pack, the following services are affected:

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL)

CNWL services, including the Camden community heart failure service, Camden chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and home oxygen service, Camden podiatry service and surgical procedures, and Camden community diabetes service, have either recently moved or are in the process of moving to the Peckwater Centre in Camden.

North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT)

NLFT services proposed to move include:

  • Neurodevelopmental disorders (relocating to the Peckwater Centre in October 2025). The Peckwater Centre is fully equipped with disability access, including lifts to support wheelchair users and individuals with mobility challenges. There are no physical barriers to entering the building for appointments. In addition, the service remains committed to supporting people with patient transport services where eligible.
  • Psychodynamic psychotherapy (relocating in the summer of 2026 to The Arts Building in Islington)
  • Rivers Crisis House (merging with North Camden Crisis House at Daleham Gardens. New admissions to Daleham Gardens will be temporarily suspended for approximately eight months from October 2025 to allow for building work.) The six beds at Rivers Crisis House will be brought together with the existing six beds in the North Camden Crisis House at Daleham Gardens to make a 12-bedded facility. The proposed move will create one crisis house for Camden, bring it into line with the other boroughs, and make the service more efficient to run.

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust (RFL)

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust provides the St Pancras Kidney and Diabetes Centre at St Pancras Hospital (formerly known as the Mary Rankin Dialysis Unit). Dialysis and renal outpatient services are expected to move off the St Pancras Hospital site in 2027. The trust has identified 125 Finchley Road in Camden as its preferred location for the new dialysis unit. The Public reports pack states that the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust conducted an extensive search process, including a review of seven potential new premises. Of the original seven premises, three had been shortlisted for further exploration. Of these, one is no longer available, due diligence on another revealed that extensive work would be needed to make it fit for purpose, and due diligence on 125 Finchley Road confirmed it is viable for providing dialysis services. The new location will also feature an ambulance drop-off point and an improved disabled and non-disabled parking area compared to what is currently available at the St Pancras site.

The ophthalmology outpatient service is also due to move from the St Pancras Hospital site in 2027. Discussions are ongoing between providers to ensure the impact on patients will be minimised, including the transfer of some patients to Moorfields NHS Foundation Trust, given the new Oriel building that will open on the St Pancras Hospital site. Further detail on the output of this planning work and the engagement and involvement activity planned with affected patients, carers and other stakeholders will be shared in future progress updates to JHOSC.

The NHS has committed to keeping services such as intermediate care rehabilitation beds located on the St Pancras Hospital site. These will be brought together in South Wing, which will be sensitively refurbished and repaired, while retaining the heritage and history of the original Victorian estate.

The Public reports pack states that the services which are proposed to move from the site are not changing, but will continue to care for the same patients and service users, receive referrals in the same way, and treat the same numbers of people – just in vastly improved and more modern environments.

The St Pancras Hospital site will be redeveloped. As well as retaining some NHS services in a refurbished South Wing, the site will also be the home for Oriel – a new centre for Moorfields Eye Hospital. The site will also include new public spaces, new workspaces, and about 200 new homes, including those for social and affordable rent.