Ramboll has been appointed lead consultant for the design of the new Children’s Cancer Principal Treatment Centre at Evelina London Children’s Hospital, London by Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust.
The global engineering, design, and sustainability consultancy will provide a full range of multidisciplinary advisory and design services, with sub-consultants providing further specialist support. This includes collaboration with ADP Architecture for architectural and lead designer services, with further specialist services from GL Hearn, Art in Site, Thornton Tomasetti, and Safer Sphere. The project will involve a multi-phased approach to ward decants and department remodelling across three separate buildings. Design solutions will align with the Trust’s Sustainability Strategy Net Zero requirements, covering plant selection, renewable energy, water management, air quality, and material use.
There are currently 13 children’s cancer Principal Treatment Centres (PTC) in England providing specialist care for children aged 15 and under with cancer. Following an NHS England-led decision-making process, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, has been chosen as the future PTC location for south London and much of south-east England. The hospital is now working closely with patients, families, its own staff, and staff from the existing service delivered by The Royal Marsden and St George’s Hospital, to plan the safe transfer of specialist cancer services to it. The service is not expected to move before October 2026.
James O’Brien, the children’s cancer Principal Treatment Centre operational delivery director, said: “The appointment of the team from Ramboll and ADP Architecture, with their specialist sub-consultants, is a significant step in our journey to bring specialist cancer services to Evelina London Children’s Hospital. We are grateful to the patient representatives who got involved in the decision-making process, and to colleagues from the existing service who have already done so much to contribute, and to share their expertise and views with us. As with our award-winning Children’s Day Treatment Centre, designed by ADP Architecture, we will involve children, families, and staff, in all elements of the design and planning.”
Kevin Smith, head of Healthcare UK at Ramboll added: “With 500 dedicated healthcare experts globally, and an extensive international and UK healthcare portfolio, we look forward to working with the Trust to provide a smooth, timely, and affordable service transfer of the Principal Treatment Centre from the Royal Marsden Hospital and St George’s Hospital to Evelina London Children’s Hospital. Our experience with hospital projects gives us a holistic perspective that prioritises patients.”
Environmental sustainability will be integral to the development and delivery of the project, which will contribute to the Trust's ambition to reduce its absolute scopes 1 and 2 emissions by 47% by December 2029, and achieve Net Zero Carbon by 2045.
