Creating a new community with mental health at its heart
Find out more about how we are breaking the stigma of mental health, transforming services and how you can get involved and support someone’s mental health journey
South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust welcomes you to Springfield Village.
Our Trust serves 1.2m people across the boroughs of Kingston, Merton, Richmond, Sutton, and Wandsworth. We support one of the most diverse populations in London and we are proud that this diversity is reflected in our workforce of more than 2,500 staff.
Across our 120 clinical teams we provide care to 20,000 people in South West London at any given time.
We want to deliver the best possible mental health services, that help people live well and stay well in the community – the right care, at the right time, in the right place.
When people do need to come into hospital, we are transforming our environments to create modern healthcare facilities for the future.
We are reducing stigma around mental health to create inclusive services that aim to be actively anti-racist. We are determined to address health inequalities and ensure service users experience fairness and equality of access, treatment and outcomes.
Together we are Making Life Better for our communities.
At the heart of Springfield Village are our new cutting-edge Trinity and Shaftesbury hospital buildings.
Together, the two new buildings represent a £150m investment and are the culmination of years of hard work from our teams, communities and partners in South West London. The facilities have been designed to provide high quality inpatient services that deliver the best in modern mental healthcare.
Trinity, which opened on time and in budget in December 2022, is home to over 30 teams, and provides care to patients in two acute wards, two specialist wards, including our national Deaf services ward, and adult and children’s and young people’s outpatients facilities.
Since opening, Trinity has received national and international acclaim, for its space, light and nature that have been guiding principles in the building, and its artwork which has been co-designed with leading artists and patients, carers and staff.
Please feel free to stop by and visit some of our communal areas.
Shaftesbury will open later this year, and will be home to four forensic wards. We also have plans to develop our sites at Barnes, Kingston and Tolworth over the coming years.
By 2027 this will see Springfield Village transformed into a vibrant new community with mental health at its heart.
The new Trinity and Shaftesbury buildings will sit in Chapel Square, at the heart of Springfield Village. This square will soon be home to a number of shops and cafés including a new restaurant and a gym and surrounded by over 800 new homes, many of which are affordable. Springfield Village is also home to a care home and has space for a school.
Alongside this, a new 32-acre park will begin to open from summer 2023 and will eventually feature a pavilion café, an amphitheatre, youth shelter, play areas, sensory garden, trim trail and much more.
For too long, large parts of NHS mental health services have been isolated from the communities they serve, reflecting outdated, stigma-laden attitudes to mental ill health.
Help us on our journey and make a real difference to someone’s mental health recovery.
Work for us – live local work local
This is a great time to join our diverse and inclusive teams. We are on an exciting journey to transform the way we provide care to our communities. We have a range of opportunities in non-clinical and clinical roles.
We understand the power of good mental health and we want to empower our communities to support each other. Everyone has a role to play in supporting good mental health.
That’s why, supported by NHS Charities Together funding, we will be offering free introductory mental health training for our Springfield Village neighbours.
If you would like to find out more about this free course and sign up, please email MLBT@swlstg.nhs.uk
You will see from the wide range of benefits and development opportunities that we will look after you throughout your career. We know that good staff experience leads to a good patient experience.
Join us and support someone’s mental health recovery.
Find out more www.swlstg.nhs.uk/vacancies or email us at: proudtobelong@swlstg.nhs.uk
Anyone who has an interest in, or experience of, mental health or caring for a relative or friend can play a part in our work:
Volunteer for us: we have many volunteering opportunities available. Each of our volunteers has an important role to play in our organisation.
Join our lived experience panel: If you have lived experience of mental ill health or caring for a friend or family member who has, join our lived experience panel. The panel helps us make important decisions about our work and services.
You can offer as much or as little time as works for you. Training and support is available, so if you are interested do get in touch! involvement@swlstg.nhs.uk
Together with the kind support of local people, the South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust Charitable Fund supports projects for mental health patients, their carers and staff that go above and beyond what the NHS can fund.
Whether you make a donation, attend an event, or fundraise for us, your support will help the mental health recovery of our local communities.
To find out more scan the QR code or visit: www.swlstg.nhs.uk/charity
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Where to find the right support for you or someone you care about in South West London (Kingston, Richmond, Wandsworth, Merton and Sutton).
I need mental health support
Get advice and support for your mental health from the SWLSTG or NHS websites
Self-refer to Talking Therapies (for anxiety and depression) services in your area - scan the code Contact your GP Practice for mental health advice and guidance, including making a referral
I need urgent mental health support now Call the Mental Health Crisis Line freephone and speak to an expert advisor on 0800 028 8000, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Visit one of our Recovery Cafés in Tooting, Richmond, Kingston and Wimbledon who can help adults (18 years+) with mental health issues.
You can get in touch with us in a number of ways, and we’d love to hear from you.
You can write to us at:
South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust
Trinity Building
Springfield University Hospital
15 Springfield Drive
London
SW17 0YF
Telephone
All general enquiries should be directed through our contact centre on 020 3513 5000
A guide to accessing services can be found on the previous page, but you can call our 24/7 Mental Health Crisis Line on 0800 028 8000 for urgent mental health support.
