Heatherwood Hospital

BDP worked with Frimley Health NHS Trust leading a multi-disciplinary design team to rationalise their estates, following their merger with Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals NHS Trust. Heatherwood Hospital is part of a wider rationalisation programme of the existing Frimley Health estate that includes disposal of surplus land to fund the new clinical centre at Ascot.

The hospital is a new, world-class dedicated planned care facility for non-emergency care in Berkshire and beyond. It welcomed its first patients in Spring 2022 and is critical in allowing the Trust to double patient numbers over the next decade. Putting a timely emphasis on wellbeing, the 11,500sqm Hospital includes six state-of-the-art operating theatres, plus outpatient and diagnostic facilities within a contemporary, highly sustainable building in an enhanced woodland setting.

Placing an ultra-modern hospital in an aged woodland makes the most of the natural, healing environment. The woodland is drawn into the building wherever possible; patient bedrooms have views across the treetops, access to outdoor terraces, café offers woodland views and a thriving biodiverse pond with nature walks. This proximity and access to nature has therapeutic benefits and improves recovery times.