St Pancras Hospital Services to Relocate: What it Means for You

The NHS is moving forward with plans to relocate several services currently operating out of St Pancras Hospital in Camden, a move that is part of the ongoing St Pancras Hospital Transformation Programme. The primary aim of the programme is to transform and improve the mental and physical healthcare services that patients in North Central London receive. The proceeds from land sales have already started to deliver brand new healthcare facilities for patients across Camden and Islington.

The Health and Adult Social Care Scrutiny Committee met on 4 November 2025, to discuss the transformation programme and the NHS's engagement with patients, service users, their carers, and other stakeholders. The NCL ICB presented a report to the committee outlining the engagement and involvement approach for the programme.

Several NHS organisations currently run services at the St Pancras Hospital site, and these services are proposed to move as part of the transformation programme. These services are commissioned by the NHS North Central London Integrated Care Board (NCL ICB), which is a partner in the programme.

Over time, the NHS anticipates significant benefits from the relocations, including improved mental health and community services delivered in fit-for-purpose environments, as well as other improvements in the delivery of care for residents and patients. The programme will help enable population health improvement in line with the health and care system strategy.

The report stated that the transformation programme has engagement at its core and presents opportunities at new locations for people who use services, carers and wider groups who are being engaged and listened to throughout the programme. The NHS has committed to ongoing engagement and involvement in advance of proposed moves and afterwards to ensure that any early challenges are resolved swiftly and with patient and service user input.

The following services are affected by the relocation:

• Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL) long term conditions services, including the Camden community heart failure service, Camden COPD and home oxygen service, Camden podiatry service and surgical procedures, and Camden community diabetes service, which are moving to the Peckwater Centre. These services are moving in August and October 2025.
• North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) services, including the neurodevelopmental disorders service, which is proposed to move to the Peckwater Centre in October 2025, the psychodynamic psychotherapy service, which is proposed to move to the Arts Building from the summer of 2026, and the Rivers Crisis House, which is proposed to move to Daleham Gardens. Building work for the Rivers Crisis House is expected to temporarily suspend new admissions to Daleham Gardens for approximately eight months from October 2025.
• Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust (RFL) dialysis and renal outpatient services, which are expected to move off the St Pancras Hospital site in 2027, with 125 Finchley Road identified as the preferred location for the new dialysis unit.

Alternative locations were considered for some of the services being relocated. For the psychodynamic psychotherapy service, NLFT viewed 15 possible sites, ultimately preferring The Arts Building in Islington over The Centro Buildings in Camden because it offers a calmer, less clinical environment, a more welcoming reception area, easier wheelchair access, and more clinic rooms¹. The alternative shortlisted option for the Rivers Crisis House was a property in Early Mews, Camden, but this was discounted following feedback. Following a review of seven potential new premises, 125 Finchley Road was identified as the preferred location for the new dialysis unit.

The committee was asked to note the report and the programme's progress to date.