Redevelopment of Hythe and Dibden War Memorial Hospital

The new £10m building provides a welcoming, inclusive, fit for purpose and high-quality facility, creating a positive experience for patients, visitors and the staff caring for them. It will be run on a significantly smaller footprint, making it more cost efficient as well as releasing surplus land for disposal – generating funds to reinvest into the NHS.

A reduced footprint doesn’t mean reduced services, however, and by using the accommodation more efficiently (using flexible room booking and a seven day a week schedule), there is now capacity to continue existing services as well as opening opportunities to bring an expanded range of health and wellbeing services to the site. Indeed, it will increase the integration of services through co-location, building more integrated and coordinated care.

An increased provision of care closer to home (including expanded diagnostic services and more dementia care) will reduce pressure from nearby acute centres, with more patients being safely supported in their local community setting or at home.

The demolition started in February 2021 and is now open to patients.