West Herts Health - a special report

This week's Gazette took a detailed look at what happens next for our healthcare, following last week's announcement that there would NOT be a new hospital built for the area.
Ambulance waiting at Hemel Hempstead Hospital in 2004 when it was a full hospital with an A&EAmbulance waiting at Hemel Hempstead Hospital in 2004 when it was a full hospital with an A&E
Ambulance waiting at Hemel Hempstead Hospital in 2004 when it was a full hospital with an A&E

Patients had designed their own detailed proposals for a new hospital on greenbelt land, which would be equidistant from the current sites in Hemel Hempstead, St Albans and Watford.

But health chiefs have instead decided to focus on re-developing the St Albans and Watford sites.

Hide Ad
Hide Ad

Click here to read our interview with Dr Nicolas Small, who has led the Your Care Your Future health review.

Click here to read about MP Mike Penning’s renewed campaign to fight for a new hospital.

Click here to read patients’ responses.

And click here to see how YOU can ask questions of health bosses.

And don’t forget you can email your views on this issue to [email protected]