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Press Release from St George’s
Sale of Bolingbroke will improve care for Wandsworth residents
Date of issue: Tuesday 24th August 2010
St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust is moving ahead with plans to sell the site of the former Bolingbroke Hospital within the current 2010/11 financial year. The sale is expected to raise millions of pounds which will be invested in improving healthcare for the 1.3 million people that St George’s serves across Wandsworth and southwest London.
The trust has identified key priorities for future investment following the Bolingbroke sale. These include developing a new urgent care centre on the main St George’s Hospital site in Tooting in partnership with NHS Wandsworth, the local primary care trust, and GPs and also expanding the resuscitation department where major trauma patients are admitted.
The trust has a responsibility to raise as much money as possible from the sale of the site and has been encouraged by the interest already shown by a range of organisations and developers. This includes Wandsworth Borough Council who are in discussions with the trust about acquiring the site for a new school development.
David Astley, St George’s chief executive said: “St George’s is committed to providing excellent healthcare services for its patients in modern surroundings. It is therefore important that the Bolingbroke site is sold quickly and for the best price possible so that we can invest the money raised in improving our services.”
Both St George’s and NHS Wandsworth are keen to fulfil the commitment made to local residents that space will be available in any new Bolingbroke development for future healthcare services. NHS Wandsworth and local GPs are already working together on plans to include GP and community services on the Bolingbroke site once it has been sold.
Dr David Finch, Battersea GP and Medical Director of NHS Wandsworth said: “We are working closely with St George’s to make sure that any planning application for the Bolingbroke includes space for NHS services. In the future we would like to see a facility that provides GP and community services which fits in with the needs of local people in this area.”
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A group want this hospital to be a school. How would this fit in with health services?
Hi Jean
David who is part of the project team working on new plans for the Bolingbroke Site has contacted LINk with the following email:
As you are aware St George’s Healthcare Trust (SGHT) are looking to sell the old Bolingbroke Hospital site to raise much needed funds for healthcare in Wandsworth and South London. The sale needs to take place within the current financial year so that the vital investment that the Trust has identified from the Bolingbroke sale; including an extension to St George’s A&E department and expansion of its resuscitation department where major trauma patients are admitted; can be delivered. The Trust is mandated to achieve the best price for the disposal of its assets and is dedicated to fulfilling its promise to the local community by providing space within the new development for the PCT, (NHS Wandsworth).
The best professional advice given to the Trust has indicated that the maximum sale value for the site will be realised by achieving planning permission for a PCT/ residential development and that is what the project team , of which I am one member, will be conducting a pre-application consultation on. The consultation exhibition will take place on Friday 10th and Saturday 11th September and a leaflet giving some details and inviting people to the exhibition will be delivered to approximately 10,000 homes around the Bolingbroke site this weekend.
The PCT / residential application does not preclude or prejudice other uses for the site, such as a school. The Trust and project team have been proactively engaged with Wandsworth Council (LBW), Partnership for Schools and the Neighbourhood School Campaign over the issue of a secondary school on the site. Although there has been considerable progress made, unfortunately to date, no financial offer has been made to buy the site within the timescale that is vital to the Trust.
The key issues for the Trust in selling the Bolingbroke site are:
1. Timescale (sale completed within the financial year)
2. Maximum value to re-invest in healthcare
3. Provision for the PCT
I do hope you will be able to attend the exhibition but if you would like to discuss this issue or have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me on 07772 572955 or email me on canzini@templarstrategies.co.uk
Yours sincerely
David Canzini
David Canzini
Templar Strategies LLC
As a member of the Neighbourhood School Campaign (NSC), I would confirm that the Council has indeed made the Trust an offer to buy the Bolingbroke site for the provision of both the promised health facilities and our much needed new school. Further the council has now written to the CEO of the Trust formally drawing his attention to the misleading information in the NHS consultation document and asking for it to be corrected. Any queries on the school campaign can be emailed to: school@thensc.net.