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Above: CGI of the new Cambridge Cancer Research Hospital which is in the first wave of the New Hospital Programme (Courtesy NBBJ) Future Cities Forum is delighted that Katie Gosling, Director of Delivery, Strategy and Improvement for NHS England's New Hospital Programme, will be joining our 'Future hospitals and R&D campuses' discussion event this week at Barts North Wing in Smithfield, City of London.. Before her current role, Katie was Head of Delivery at the NHS for East,

Above: the new James Paget Hospital in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, which is in the first wave of the government's New Hospital Programme (courtesy James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust) Future Cities Forum is delighted that Mike Shaw, Design Director at Mace and working as a technical lead on NHS England's New Hospital Programme, will be contributing to our 'Future hospital' discussion event at the North Wing, St Bartholomew's Hospital. Mace leverages over three

Image: Dominic Hook - courtesy of BDP Future Cities Forum is delighted that Dominic Hook, architect director in the London studio of BDP, who specialises in healthcare and education projects will be contributing to our discussion event this week at Barts North Wing in Smithfield, City of London. Dominic was the design team leader on the multi award-winning 60,000m2 Alder Hey Children’s Health Park in Liverpool and has been the co-design lead on BDP's 165,000m2 New Children’s

Image: courtesy of Cambridge City Council The current plans for Cambridge City Council's investment of £80 million in north Cambridge have been developed following an earlier round of engagement in May/June 2025 to help create the council’s North Cambridge Framework for Change. This is its corporate vision for north Cambridge which sets out the council’s long-term plan for investment in Arbury, King’s Hedges and Chesterton.  The council says hundreds of people responded to it

Above: CGI of the new Cambridge Children's Hospital (courtesy Cambridge Children's Hospital / White Arkitekter AB) Future Cities Forum is delighted that Malcolm McFrederick, Programme Director of the new Cambridge Children's Hospital, will contribute to our 'Future hospitals and R&D campuses' discussion event at St Bartholomew's Hospital's historic North Wing in the City of London. The Cambridge Children's Hospital is a partnership between the University of Cambridge, Cambrid

Above: Ann Hepworth - courtesy Barts Health NHS Trust We are delighted to that Ann Hepworth, Director of Strategy and Partnerships at Barts Health group of hospitals, is to join Future Cities Forum's 'Future hospital and health sciences R&D campus' discussion event. Ann directs an expanded role within the group executive team that seeks to align the priorities of Barts four hospital business units with the development of an integrated health and care system across north east

Above: Hogarth Stair at St Bartholomew's North Wing (courtesy Bart's Heritage) Future Cities Forum is delighted that Will Palin, CEO of Barts Heritage, will be describing the successful project to restore the North Wing of Barts, including the Hogarth staircase, at our 'Future hospital programme' discussion event this November. St Bartholomew’s Hospital is the oldest in Britain and the oldest hospital in the UK still operating on its original site. Founded in 1123, the hospit

Image: Render showing ‘Crafting Stories’ section inside V&A East Museum’s Why We Make Galleries © JA_Projects for the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Director of V&A East, Gus Casely Hayford, has been discussing the opening of the V&A's East Museum, which has been announced with a date for 18th April 2026. The V&A East Museum, designed by architects O'Donnell + Tuomey, opens on East Bank in Queen Elizabeth Park next year and has been co-curated with young people, creative

Image: The new centre will be in New River Head, a former 18th century waterworks in Clerkenwell - courtesy of the Museums Association / Tim Ronalds Architects The UK’s first permanent centre exploring the “overlooked” artform of illustration will open to the public next May in London, according to the Museums Association, which reports: 'The Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration will take up residence in the grounds of New River Head, a former 18th-century waterworks in Cler

Image: Stroudley Walk, Bromley-by-Bow (courtesy Muse and Poplar HARCA) A partnership between Poplar HARCA, Tower Hamlets Council, nationwide place-maker Muse, and design and build contractor McAleer & Rushe has delivered 82 new affordable homes for rent at Stroudley Walk, Bromley-by-Bow – including two specially designed autism-friendly family homes that are already transforming lives. Tower Hamlets Council has been speaking about the project: 'The autism-friendly design guid