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Latest data shows hundreds of patients have now been waiting for more than a year for hospital treatment in Hertfordshire.

Latest data shows hundreds of patients have now been waiting for more than a year for hospital treatment in Hertfordshire.

Latest data shows hundreds of patients have now been waiting for more than a year for hospital treatment in Hertfordshire.

There has been a 2million boost in face to face appointments with GPs in England following threats of action from No10 however analysis has revealed that less than half of these are with doctors.

Herts Valleys CCG serves Dacorum, St Albans and Harpenden, Watford and Three Rivers, and Hertsmere

The future of urgent care services at St Albans City Hospital looks secure following the decision to create an integrated hub on the site.

GP practices in Hertfordshire saw a sharp spike in activity during March, with tens of thousands more appointments recorded than in the previous month. Doctors groups have warned that GPs could buckle under the pressure of "unsustainable" workloads as they juggle rising numbers of appointments with the Covid-19 vaccine rollout. NHS Digital data shows doctors carried out 269,166 appointments with patients at surgeries in the NHS Herts Valleys CCG area in March – 48,382 more than in Febru...

Far more new or expectant mothers were in contact with the Herts Valleys’s mental health services in January than before the pandemic, figures…

By Patrick Jack, Data reporter File photo of a hospital ward The one-year survival rate for bowel cancer patients in the Herts Valleys region has improved, figures show. But at the start of Bowel Cancer Awareness Month, Bowel Cancer UK warned survival levels across England could drop to those of a decade ago as a result of disruption during the pandemic, which has had "devastating consequences" for some patients. Public Health Englan...

By Patrick Jack, Data reporter File photo of a hospital ward The one-year survival rate for bowel cancer patients in the Herts Valleys region has improved, figures show. But at the start of Bowel Cancer Awareness Month, Bowel Cancer UK warned survival levels across England could drop to those of a decade ago as a result of disruption during the pandemic, which has had "devastating consequences" for some patients. Public Health Englan...