Design options
Visions and values
The trust has narrowed down four
design options for the new hospital:
Our vision for Broadmoor Hosptial:
1. Refurbishing existing buildings
to make them more suitable for
“To provide a safe, secure and
delivering patient care.
Broadmoor Hospital
therapeutic environment which
2. Developing two storey ward
delivers active engagement,
redevelopment
accommodation, with 14 new wards,
rehabilitation and recovery,
and utilising four existing wards.
Outline business case
The listed buildings Kent House,
through high quality care and
Dorset House and Central Hall would
treatment, for the benefit of
become a central therapy mall for
patients to visit throughout the day.
patients, carers and the safety
3. Developing two storey ward
of the public.”
accommodation, with 16 new wards,
and utilising two existing wards.
This vision is underpinned by the
The listed buildings Kent House,
following core values:
Dorset House and Central Hall would
become a central therapy mall for
patients to visit throughout the day.
• Respect
4. A complete rebuild of the hospital
to the south east of the existing
• Partnership
site. While this option is the most
• Self responsibility
expensive, it offers a range of options
for patients and the wider NHS which
• Honesty
the trust is keen to explore.
• Autonomy
Our preferred option, four, is a complete
• Teamwork
rebuild – in effect, a new hospital. It
• Humanity
addresses all of the shortcomings of the
current accommodation by developing
• Valuing achievements
purpose-built accommodation designed
to 21st century mental health care
specifications. It would mean building
outside the secure perimeter, which
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March 2009
Broadmoor Hospital
redevelopment
Broadmoor Hospital provides mental
health services in conditions of
high security for men from London
and the South of England. It is one
of three high security psychiatric
A view of how the new hospital might look
hospitals in England, the other two
being Ashworth and Rampton.
Hospital was approved by the Secretary
Clinical model
of State for Health in November 2005.
Background
A new clinical model for the hospital’s
Since this approval, we have undertaken
patients has been developed as part of
Built in 1863, the hospital provides beds
a substantial amount of work in the
the redevelopment process.
for 244 male patients. The average
development of a vision and new
patient stay is about six years.
clinical model for the redevelopment
The innovative model has been
programme.
developed following consultation across
Most of the buildings were built in
the hospital, the wider NHS and public
the Victorian era, and while the trust
We recognise that Broadmoor Hospital
sector and with our international panel
continues to do all it can to address their
has an international reputation and we
of mental health experts.
limitations, the patient accommodation
have been fortunate to include a range
is not fit for modern mental health
of healthcare professionals from America,
The new model is aimed at more active
services and it is clear that a complete
Australia and Europe in the development
engagement with patients. It will
redevelopment of the hospital is crucial
of our new clinical model.
mean a clearer patient pathway, with
in the longer term.
an ongoing partnership between the
hospital, medium secure units and the
The Commission for Healthcare
Outline business case
prison service throughout the patient’s
Improvement (CHI) described the current
stay until discharge.
hospital accommodation as ‘unfit for
The Outline Business Case aims to deliver
purpose’ in 2003.
the agreed clinical model, and we have
The clinical model is designed around
reviewed four short-listed options.
risk reduction, and the safety of the
The trust has now submitted an Outline
public, patients and staff.
Business Case for the redevelopment of
These range from a development within
the hospital, which will provide 266 beds
the existing secure perimeter, to a new
for patients from London and the South
build option to the south east of the
of England. The Strategic Outline Case
existing hospital site.
for the redevelopment of Broadmoor
