The elective care surgery centre will be in a new, eight-storey purpose-built building at Guy's Hospital and will include six operating theatres, 17 recovery rooms, a discharge lounge and change and rest facilities for theatre staff.

Professor Ian Abbs, chief executive of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, said: ‘The Guy's surgical centre will give us state-of-the-art new theatres so we can ensure that people get their operations when they need them, allowing us to continue to deliver outstanding care for our patients.'

Elective orthopaedic surgery will transfer from Guy's main theatres to the new centre, which will free up additional capacity to support other services across the trust.

Architects Ryder have been appointed for the project, with main contractors McLaughlin & Harvey responsible for construction.

The surgical centre will create capacity to consolidate complex, specialist orthopaedic work into a single south east London hub.

Enabling works on the site have begun, with building work scheduled to start in June 2026.

Construction is expected to finish by the end of 2028, and the centre to open in spring 2029.