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Developmentat St Leonard’sAn inormation leafet toshare ideas and proposalsor the redevelopment othe St Leonard’s Hospital site.

Bigger, Brighter, Better.



Dear local resident

Plans to Redevelop St Leonard’s

The St Leonard’s Hospital site has always played a big part in healthcare in Hackney.NHS City and Hackney and East London NHS Foundation Trust would like to redevelopthe site to provide a range o health services within easy reach or local people.

This inormation leafet describes the types o services which will be on your doorstepand how they will be housed when the development is complete. It is part o a jointeort to provide the best services that we can in good quality environments.

We would like to talk to you more about our proposals and hear your views. We arearranging a number o events or local people to attend to nd out more.

We will have an inormation stall on Hoxton Market on Saturday 13th June 2009.We also plan to have tours o the site so that you can see where everything will be.

We will be contacting various groups, committees and associations in the area togain views. I you are part o a local group or organisation, why not invite us alongto a meeting to tell you more.

There will also be a display o inormation in the entrance o NHS City and Hackney’sheadquarters at St Leonard’s Hospital, at Shoreditch Library and at the City andHackney Centre or Mental Health, at East Wing, Homerton Hospital. You are alsoinvited to come and talk to us at these sites on the below dates and times:

• StLeonard’s–Wednesday3rdJune,12pm–6pm• CityandHackneyCentreforMentalHealth–Thursday4thJune,10am–2pm• ShoreditchLibrary–Monday8thJune,12pm–8pm

We are keen to hear your views, respond to questions and get eedback aboutthese proposals. We want to be good neighbours and thereore we need to talk.



What is a Primary CareResource Centre?

A Primary Care Resource Centre is aone-stop place where local people canaccess a range o services. These include:

•GPswithextendedopeninghours

•Diagnostictestsincludingultrasound and audiology

•Antenatalclinicswithcommunity

midwives•CommunityDentistry

•UrgentCareCentreproviding a walk in service

•Communityhealthserviceslike

physiotherapy, oot health andamily planning

•Psychology(TalkingTherapies)

•Clinicstraditionallyprovidedin

outpatient departments•ServicesprovidedfromtheIvyCentre

which oers a wide range o servicesincluding amily planning, cervicalsmears, emergency contraception andadvice on sexual health.

•Physiotherapyservices (includingthebackpainservice)

•AdultCommunityRehabilitationTeam

•Wheelchairservice

Other services could be housed atSt Leonard’s which serve the wholeo the borough as well as local people.

These include:

•Informationandadviceservices e.g. benefts advice

•Informationandpotentially assessment or social care

•Multi-functionroomsforuseby

community groups and or a rangeo health promotion activities.

Why do Mental Health Services

need to move?

Although the acilities at the City and

HackneyCentreforMentalHealth(based

atHomertonHospital)arenotold,

guidance about privacy and dignity has

changed since the unit was built 15 years

ago. We would like to develop six wards

at St Leonard’s. Two o these would be

male wards, one would be a emale ward,one would be a psychiatric intensive

care ward and one would be a mixed

gender but with separate areas or men

and women to use. The sixth ward would

be an assessment ward or older people.

Altogether there would be 115 beds.

Interior Section o Proposed Building

You can email eedback to us at [email protected] or



The proposed design would mean that:

•individualswillhavetheirownroom withensuitefacilities(therearevery

fewsingleroomsinthecurrentunit)

• wecanprovideseparatefacilitiesfor

men and women

•individualswillhavedirectaccessto

outdoor space in the courtyards and

terraces(accesstooutsidespaceis

verylimitedinthecurrentunit)

•additionaltherapyandactivityspace

will be available within the wards

which will be easy to access and

assist rehabilitation and recovery

•peoplewillbecaredforinabright

homely sae environment.

We would like to provide other acilitiessuch as a multi-aith room and a special

amily visiting room.

We are keen to provide a sae, homely and

therapeutic environment or local people

who experience mental health difculties

i they need to come into hospital.

Why St Leonard’s?

St Leonard’s is a central point or peopleliving in the south west o the borough.The ‘Bigger, Brighter, Better’ consultationthat took place in 2006 recommended thatSt Leonard’s would be the site or the

Primary Care Resource Centre in South West Hackney.

St Leonard’s is a place that local peopleassociate with health care so it eelsright to continue that heritage. It providesthe right amount o space to design andbuild buildings that will be light, airy and spacious.

It is a great location or local people to getto and or visitors and sta rom urther

afeld to travel to. There are a range o bus routes passing by and Hoxton stationon the newly extended East London Line

will open in 2010. The existence o goodtransport networks will help us to recruithealthcare sta.

There will be minimal parking on thesite as part o the Council’s green travel

plan. We are keen or our sta to walk,cycle or use public transport to get to work to reduce any negative impact onthe environment.

We think the location will help us toattract people to come and work in localhealth services. Hoxton Square eatures

very popular day and night lie and theChinese and Vietnamese restaurants on

Kingsland Road are a draw. Local shopsand businesses should beneft rom theincrease in people working in the area andthe whole development will contributeconsiderably to the regeneration o the area.

ou can call us on 020 7683 4187



The St Leonard’s Hospital site has

always played a big part in healthcare

in Hackney. Originally a Workhouse,

it became an inrmary in 1871. In

the Second World War, it was the rst

hospital to receive air-raid casualtiesduring the London Blitz.

St Leonard’s continued to unction

as a general hospital until 1984

and latterly has become a centre

or co-ordinating primary care and

community services in the borough.

As health services have evolved over

time, so has St Leonard’s, and more

change is in the pipeline to develop

the right kind o services to meet the

needs o the local population.

Background

In 2006, NHS City and Hackney conducted

the ‘Bigger, Brighter, Better’ consultation

which proposed that GP surgeries operate

rom ewer, more modern buildings.

It also proposed that our ‘primary care

resource centres’ be built across Hackney

to deliver a wider range o services closer

to where people live. These ideas were

supported by local people, and we are

working hard to progress these plans.

The our primary care resource centres

will be located as ollows:

North East - site not yet chosen –

North West - Woodberry Down area –

South East - Old Hackney Hospital site –

South West & the City - St Leonard’s –

East London NHS Foundation Trust is

keen to provide a modern therapeutic

environment or local people who need

inpatient mental health care.

Current Site Plan

Proposed Site Model



What will be involved?

The building which is currently the

headquarters or NHS City and Hackney

is part o a conservation area. We are

committed to preserving historically

important buildings so the ront or

acade o the building on Kingsland

Road will be preserved.

We hope to demolish the buildings in the

rear o the site to make way or the new

purpose built modern acilities.

When will this happen?

We hope that the work will begin

in Spring 2010.

How long will it take to build?

It is estimated that the Primary Care

Resource Centre will take two years to

complete and the mental health unit

approximately the same time ater.

Main Entrance o Proposed Building



We wantyour viewsNHS City and Hackney and the East

London NHS Foundation Trust are lookingor your eedback to help shape ourproposals or the redevelopment o theSt Leonard’s Hospital site. Please give usyour comments on the questions below.

Your Name

Address

Postcode

e-mail

Telephone

Please tick i you would like to bekept inormed on developments o the St Leonard’s redevelopment.

Do you have any general comments onthe proposals?

Do you have any specic concerns you wouldlike to be addressed?

Are there any specic questions that youwould like to have answered?

We want to know what you think about ourproposals. Please give us your views, tear o this reply page and send it back to us on theaddress overlea.



Communications TeamNHS City and HackneyGround Floor, A BlockSt Leonard’s

Nuttall StreetLondon N1 5LZ

You can email eedback to us at

[email protected] you can call us on

020 7683 4187

The inormation you provide will only be used or

the purpose o this consultation exercise. The datawill be held securely in accordance with the DataProtection Act 1998 and will not be published onan individual basis.

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