Our £168m programme to modernise and update our sites and services focus es on the people, places and partnerships shaping the future of mental health . The programme delivers improvements to our mental health services and facilities.
Alongside our partners, we are investing £186 million in a modernisation programme to improve our mental health services and facilities for local people.
Two new buildings on our Maudsley Hospital Campus, New Douglas Bennett House and the Pears Maudsley Centre for Children and Young People opened in 2026. They provide state-of-the-art facilities for our service users and our staff. These buildings will be replacing Lambeth Hospital on Landor Road, as well as three old buildings along De Crespigny Park road in Denmark Hill.
The centre provides high-quality mental health services and facilities including inpatient, outpatient and crisis care. Child and adolescent mental health service (CAMHS) teams and specialists moved into the building in May 2026 and will be followed by an inpatient ward and researchers from King’s College London in 2027. The building is also home to the King’s Maudsley Partnership, bringing together CAMHS specialists and researchers to work together to develop new ways of addressing the mental health and wellbeing challenges facing children and young people today.
New Douglas Bennett House is a modern and purpose built eight-ward inpatient facility for adult wards formerly located at Lambeth Hospital, as well as the Gerald Russell and Neuropsychiatry Units which were based at the Bethlem Royal Hospital. It offers cutting-edge facilities for service users to support recovery and improved wellbeing for staff to deliver the best care possible.
In early 2026 the Trust secured agreement with Legal and General (L&G) for the sale of Lambeth Hospital, which supported the project to modernise our mental health facilities, including the development of New Douglas Bennett House. L&G plans to deliver a £350m redevelopment on the site, comprising around 700 build-to-rent homes, including affordable housing and new amenities. These new homes will help those on Lambeth Council’s waiting lists while providing investment in improving our services and facilities.
This modernisation programme responds to the need to redevelop our hospital facilities, as many of our buildings are old and not fit for purpose. The aim of this redevelopment is to reinvest back into our current and future hospital and community facilities while creating much needed new homes, for local people in Southwark.
A major multimillion pound agreement that will significantly enhance mental health care for South London residents - while unlocking new investment for the local community - has now been formal...
As the final wards and teams prepare to leave the site, we said goodbye to a pillar of the Trust: Lambeth Hospital. The farewell event was a chance for us to come together, reminisce about our years...
Over the past two weeks, the final four wards – Leo unit, Eden, Luther King, and Rosa Parks - have successfully moved into their new space, New Douglas Bennett House. We’re thrilled...
