Whittington Hospital is facing scrutiny over its outdated facilities, with a recent Health, Wellbeing and Adult Social Care Scrutiny Committee meeting highlighting concerns that the hospital's infrastructure, built in the 1970s, is not fit for purpose for the population we serve.
This outdated infrastructure makes it difficult to provide the desired level of care.
Sarah Wilds, Chief Nurse at Whittington Health, acknowledged the challenges posed by the hospital's aging buildings during the meeting on Thursday, March 12, 2026. She confirmed that the hospital's estates team is actively campaigning for funding to modernise the facilities, aiming to make them fit for purpose rather than tinkering around at the edges.
The meeting specifically mentioned that the estates team is campaigning for additional money for the urgent and emergency care
department to make it fit for purpose, suggesting this area is significantly affected by the outdated infrastructure. The team, alongside the chief finance officer, is campaigning really hard and actually around getting additional money for the urgent and emergency care,
and is working really hard with external people to get the capital to do it.
The concerns were raised in a meeting of the Health, Wellbeing and Adult Social Care Scrutiny Committee, details of which can be found in the Public reports pack. The committee was presented with a Quality Account Update Presentation which likely included further details on the hospital's infrastructure challenges.
