The roof structure has been completed at the new Centre for Living Well in Stockport – marking a key milestone in the transformation of the former St Thomas’ Hospital into a modern care facility and intergenerational neighbourhood.
Delivered by Stockport Council, with funding support from the Greater Manchester Combined Authority and Homes England, the £multi-million project will repurpose the long-derelict Grade II listed hospital site into a new residential community integrating health and housing.
The Centre for Living Well will provide 82 intermediate care beds and eight supported housing units, offering short-term support for people discharged from hospital who are not yet ready to return home, as well as those needing help to prevent hospital admission. Designed to promote independence and rehabilitation, it will also include residential accommodation with on-site support services.
The scheme forms part of Stockport’s wider One Stockport, One Future strategy to deliver joined-up health and social care provision. A further 68 new homes, including affordable housing, are planned as part of the next phase.
The development is a flagship project within the Stockport Mayoral Development Corporation’s £1 bn regeneration programme, which aims to deliver 8,000 new homes and create a sustainable, inclusive town centre. Since its launch in 2019, the MDC has secured £600 m of private investment, generating 175,000 sqft of employment space and over 1,200 new homes.
Council Leader Cllr Mark Roberts said the project “reimagines a historic site as a place where people at all stages of life can live well and be connected,” setting a new benchmark for health-led regeneration in the borough.
St Thomas’ Centre for Living Well is expected to be completed by early 2027.