Part of our commitment to improving patient care involves providing the best facilities to deliver specialist heart and lung treatment, and research. As part of this commitment, work started on a new imaging centre in April 2019, opening in January 2022. The new Diagnostic Centre allow us to:
- expand clinical services
- increase research and education programmes
- create the type of environment patients expect from a leading specialist heart and lung centre
- improve access to our imaging services, including MRI, CT and x-ray
- house all the imaging facilities in a bigger, better space.
The plans for the centre were co-designed with clinical teams and patients to ensure that we provide the best care in a suitable environment.
The design
The Diagnostic Centre is four storeys – two above and two below ground level – and is designed to make movement around the centre easier and more direct for both patients and staff. There is an access route between the building and inpatient areas, including from Sydney wing, making the journey to the centre for diagnostics and treatment quick and direct. The building is also future-proofed, which will allow us to adapt and expand if we need to in the future.
Interior design
The Diagnostic Centre redevelopment offered us a blank canvas to create a comforting space of calmness and support to all our patients, which is something our project team, our arts team and designers have all worked hard to achieve.
View an interactive timeline to see how the Royal Brompton Diagnostic Centre was built.