Developing our estate

St Pancras Hospital was built in 1848 and proposals have been underway for several years to redevelop the site and use the proceeds from land sales to deliver brand new healthcare facilities for patients across Camden and Islington.  

Through these proposals, the NHS is looking to transform the mental and physical healthcare services that patients in North Central London receive.  

We have already invested over £100 million in mental health facilities as a result of the St Pancras Hospital Transformation Programme. This has helped to fund the development of brand new healthcare facilities.  

These facilities are at Highgate East – an award-winning facility providing inpatient care for older adults and rehabilitation care; and a community ‘hub’ at Lowther Road. These have been specially designed for the healthcare services we provide from them. They mean we can provide better care for some of the most vulnerable people in our communities, including those with severe and enduring mental health problems. 

As well as developing brand new facilities, the NHS is committed to keeping some healthcare services located on the St Pancras Hospital site. We are looking to bring these together in South Wing, which will be sensitively refurbished and repaired, while retaining the heritage and history of the original Victorian estate.  

In addition, the St Pancras Hospital site will also be the home for Oriel – a new centre for Moorfields Eye Hospital that will bring the best in eye care services and clinical research together under one roof. This exciting development is already under construction and is planned to open in 2027. 

Together, the St Pancras Hospital Transformation Programme, the development of Oriel, and the redevelopment of the site by the NHS’s commercial partner will transform what was a selection of poor and outdated NHS facilities. It will create a site that combines vital NHS services for local people, world-leading eye health research, and substantial new housing in the heart of King’s Cross.  

As well as NHS services, the site will include new public spaces, including a variety of play and wellbeing areas, new workspaces, and about 130 new homes, including those for social and affordable rent. 

The Peckwater Centre in Camden is a much-valued community asset and has the potential to enable much more integrated neighbourhood working for residents who use the centre.  

Between June and October 2025, we are proposing to move the neurodevelopmental disorders service from St Pancras Hospital into the Peckwater Centre, as well as Camden’s respiratory and home oxygen service, heart failure, diabetes and podiatry clinics and surgery. 

This would mean people with multiple conditions could receive care in the same place from several different services. Patients can also make use of the on-site gym and community garden to help improve their physical health or rehabilitation. Being  
co-located will aid closer working between mental heath, community and primary care professionals.  

Other services which are proposed to move from the St Pancras Hospital site 

Between now and 2027, some other services which currently treat patients at St Pancras Hospital will be taking forward plans to move to more suitable locations across Camden and Islington. These are: 

North London NHS Foundation Trust services:

The NHS is also proposing to retain a number of important mental and physical health services in the South Wing at St Pancras Hospital. These include perinatal mental health, our trauma and stress clinic, veterans’ mental health and wellbeing service, and rehabilitation services (for example to support people following a stroke).  

It will also remain home to some of our community services which provide care in people’s homes and community settings. These include our specialist palliative care, and urgent community response teams.  

Retaining these services on the St Pancras site will mean patients with more than one condition can access a number of specialists at the same location. It is also a good location for our staff and has good public transport links for patients and staff alike.