2-879-306 - Historic England Archive/Heritage Images

Mayday Hospital, London Road, West Thornton, Croydon, London, 10/12/1982. A view of an operating theatre in the new surgical block at Mayday Hospital, taken from an anaesthetic room. This image was taken on the handover day for Phase I of the hospital redevelopment project. It was published in the Jan-Feb 1983 issue of Laing's monthly newsletter, Team Spirit. Laing’s Southern Region was awarded the contract for the first phase of a multi-million pound redevelopment project at Mayday Hospital. The contract was awarded by the South West Thames Regional Health Authority and was to be carried out over a period of three years, with work starting in 1979. The contract included a new three storey surgical block with a linked service block, which was to be connected to the main hospital complex by bridge. The Laing contract also included the provision of a new road between the site and London Road, car parks, and other ancillary buildings.