Hospitals without walls: the future of healthcare

In the wake of Covid, doctors and designers are radically adapting their thinking about what a hospital can be and what it should deliverSt Mary’s hospital was slated for a £1bn redevelopment before the pandemic struck, with work due to start in 2027. The main emergency and specialist hospital serving north-west London will still get its upgrade, but it might look quite different now. “Covid-19 has dramatically changed things,” says James Kinross, a surgeon who works at S