Analysis found nearly one in four people in England live in a constituency with no hospital, GP practice or appropriate community building for giving coronavirus vaccines.
Watford General Hospital
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A new independent report has concluded that proposed developments to the regions hospitals may take longer than building a new hospital on a fresh site.
The report, which was published on Monday, December 14, aims criticism at the plans of the West Herts Hospitals Trust (WHHT) for the future of the area’s hospitals, which include Watford General on Vicarage Road, St Albans City and Hemel Hempstead.
Planning consultant Mike Naxton, who drew up the report, disagrees with the plans currently favoured by the Trust – which predominantly involve building and demolishing parts of existing hospitals rather than starting anew.