£3.2 billion pound West Midlands health and technology campus to deliver world-beating innovation
Construction could start in 2024
A crucial next step in bringing the Arden Cross master plan to life provides a unique opportunity for the West Midlands to lead the way in digital healthcare while bringing together the public, private, and academic sectors to form a globally leading campus.
Part of the development will include a huge medical and technology centre run by University Hospitals Birmingham and the University of Warwick
The new campus will be focused on creating better health and life outcomes for people by reducing the time to market for healthcare innovations, drawing private sector investment, and delivering the levelling-up agenda in the West Midlands.
It will ultimately create up to 27,000 new jobs, 3,000 new homes and up to 6 million sq ft of new commercial and employment space in the very heart of the Midlands and the UK.
The first phase of the new campus could begin as early as 2024 and will see a range of facilities and employment opportunities through the health, knowledge and commerce sectors with both UHB and the University of Warwick leading the way in medical innovation.
UHB is the largest NHS Trust in England and runs four major general hospitals in the West Midlands as well as a number of regional specialist centres.
The University of Warwick is one of the world’s leading academic institutions, and the top university in the region with strengths in medical innovation and life sciences.
Warwick is a powerful driver of inclusive economic growth and social value in the West Midlands and the UK, with a long and proud tradition of working closely with industry.
Birmingham and the region already has a strong record of being at the forefront of major innovations that have shaped the world we live in today, and the new Medical & Technology Campus will help drive that forward into the future.
Professor Dave Rosser, UHB Chef Executive, said: ‘The unique opportunities presented by Arden Cross could support us to achieve our vision to deliver healthcare in a new and transformational way.
This vision focuses on being able to offer the best access, treatment and experience for all of our patients, as well as the opportunity to help address the stark inequalities we see across our area, that have been further compounded by the pandemic.’