Health

Health bosses will hold a public meeting next month on their plans to redevelop the area’s hospitals in Bushey.

Smokers could receive free e-cigarettes from ‘food banks’ in Hertfordshire, as part of a ground-breaking research project.

West Herts Hospitals Trust will NOT be fined by health bosses, despite missing their targets for waiting times.

Patients in West Hertfordshire are to get the chance to try out a new NHS app - before it is rolled out nationally.

A formal legal agreement over the future funding of overnight short breaks for children with complex needs has been finalised.

Health campaigners want YOU to tell them what you think about the best option for healthcare in West Herts.

A formal legal agreement over the future funding of overnight short breaks for children with complex needs has been delayed further - because of spelling mistakes.

One thing unites people in West Hertfordshire, Parliament has been told – they all have “no confidence” in local health bosses.

The new boss of West Herts Hospitals has taken up the reins this week.

Sir Mike Penning MP has branded the latest rating of West Herts Hospitals Trust as “shocking, but not surprising”.

For the first time the Hospitals Trust and the CCG completely ruled out any chance of West Herts having a new, acute general hospital.

Hundreds of babies and small children in the Herts Valleys are not registered with a doctor, and could potentially be missing life-saving health checks.

Congratulations to the four mummies who welcomed their babies into the world at Bedford Hospital on New Year’s Day!

As most of us are at home and off work for Christmas, dedicated care workers are making sure some of societiy’s most vulnerable people are being looked after.

According to NHS targets ALL ‘end of life’ patients requiring non-emergency transport should be collected within an hour and a half.

West Herts Hospitals Trust is set to be fined around £500,000 a month - because waiting times are too high.