Paddington Life Sciences aims to improve health and reduce inequalities by connecting communities, researchers, clinicians and industry, centred around St Mary’s Hospital, to bring health innovation to life.
PADDINGTON LIFE SCIENCES
ABOUT US
Paddington Life Sciences is a thriving hub of life sciences businesses centered around St Mary’s Hospital, driving collaboration across the NHS, technology, and pharmaceutical sectors to advance translational research and access to healthcare innovation for our patients, staff and communities.
St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington, one of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust’s major research and teaching hospitals, has been treating patients and making healthcare breakthroughs since 1845.
Today, St Mary’s sits at the heart of a growing innovation community in Paddington, ideally positioned to contribute to the shared vision of establishing the UK as a life sciences powerhouse.The life sciences sector is central to the government’s mission for economic growth and building an NHS fit for the future.
In June 2023, we launched Paddington Life Sciences – a life sciences cluster bringing together communities, researchers, clinicians, and industry.
Together, we have a huge amount of experience and expertise to innovate at scale. By joining forces, it allows us to generate health, economic and social value for local, national and global impact.
Research and innovation are fundamental to the clinical excellence for which our hospitals are renowned. We are now entering a new era of discovery, at an even more ambitious scale, by maximising the potential of our existing work areas and joining them up with new opportunities. Our wide-ranging partnerships are intended to improve not just healthcare but also health and wellbeing, creating synergies that will boost local education, skills development and employment opportunities.
Professor Tim Orchard, Chief executive, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
A FUTURE ST MARY'S HOSPITAL
The redevelopment of the St Mary’s estate – one of central London’s most important remaining regeneration site with nine acres of prime real estate – is crucial to realising our vision. We are continuing to explore, with the support of the New Hospital Programme and wider government, a range of practical funding and design options to ensure a full rebuild of St Mary’s Hospital.
The new St Mary’s needs to be big enough to meet the growing needs of our local communities, including those living in some of the most deprived neighbourhoods in the country. More than that, we want St Mary’s to keep its position as a world-class trauma hospital and a centre for life-saving research. This means:
800-840 beds, up from around 600 currently
Purpose-built space for research and innovation
130,000+ sqm of clinical space
One significant opportunity is for some of our surplus land to be used to support the expansion of Paddington Life Sciences. So, as well as a new research-led hospital, we would be able to deliver mixed-use commercial and lab space for life sciences businesses to start, develop and grow, alongside thousands of high-quality new jobs.for life sciences businesses to start, develop and grow, alongside thousands of high-quality new jobs.
PADDINGTON LIFE SCIENCES PARTNERS
Bringing together NHS, academic, local authority and life sciences industry partners with a commitment to the area to help ensure the delivery of major social, health and commercial value as quickly as possible.
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