1.4 In October 2000, following on from a Strategic Outline Case prepared in 1998, the then London Regional Office of the NHS, acting under delegated authority from the Department of Health, approved an OBC for the Paddington Health Campus drawn up under the auspices of the West London Partnership Forum. Neither the Department nor HM Treasury played any role in approving this business case. The intention of the 2000 OBC was to address the recommendations made in the Turnberg Report and subsequent specialist reviews and the condition of the Trusts' estates. The preferred option within the OBC called for the:
■ rationalisation of specialist services (paediatric and heart and lung) centring on Paddington;
■ redevelopment of St Mary's Hospital; and
■ investment in associated facilities by Imperial College.
1.5 The 2000 OBC had an estimated gross capital cost of £300 million5 and a completion date of 2006. It involved separate hospitals for St Mary's NHS Trust and Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust on the proposed health campus. A map of the then existing site is at Map A and a map of the Campus vision is at Map B (see centre page map section, page 28).
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5 The figure of £360 million usually associated with the 2000 OBC included capital expenditure on a number of other hospitals and equipment. The figure of £300 million is comparable in scope to the later scheme valuations used in this report.