New surgical centre planned for Guy’s and St Thomas’

Plans are underway for a new surgical centre at Guy’s Hospital following approval given by the government to Guy’s and St Thomas’.

The centre will be dedicated to non-emergency (elective) surgery and will include 6 new operating theatres in an 8-storey purpose-built building next to Guy’s Hospital.

Elective orthopaedic surgery will transfer from Guy’s main theatres to the new centre. This will free up vital additional capacity to support other surgical services across the Trust.

The new surgical centre will help reduce waiting times for patients at a time of rising demand for complex and specialist planned surgery, and from a growing ageing population in south east London and beyond.

Enabling works on the site at Great Maze Pond are due to begin in June 2025. Building work is scheduled to start in June 2026 and is expected to be completed by the end of 2028.