Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what are their plans for the future of Charing Cross Hospital in west London.

Any possible significant change to services is a matter for the local National Health Service. It is right that these decisions are led by local clinicians, who best understand the healthcare needs of their local populations, and in consultation with local people

The North West London (NWL) Sustainability and Transformation Plan (STP) was published on 10 November 2016. A core component of the NWL STP is a programme called Shaping a Healthier Future (SaHF). The SaHF proposals underwent full public consultation in 2012. This included proposals for changes to accident and emergency (A&E) services at Charing Cross Hospital which is run by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust (ICHT).

ICHT will not make any changes to the A&E department at Charing Cross Hospital during the current Comprehensive Spending Review period, which lasts until 2021.

The Trust invested £8 million in Charing Cross last year, to refurbish urgent and emergency care wards, theatres, outpatient clinics and lifts and to create a patient service centre and the main new facility for North West London Pathology.

Works commenced in January 2018 on the Charing Cross site which will expand the space available for mental health and ambulatory patients.