Mount Vernon move to Watford General would be deeply flawed
- Plans to move the highly-rated Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC) to Watford General Hospital (WGH) are deeply flawed
- Dacorum Health Action Group (DHAG) say the move to squeeze MVCC next door to Watford FC would:
- Be impractical because the restricted Watford General site is unfit for development, especially with plans to rebuild the existing General Hospital on the severely sloping car park at the same time
- Cause many years of disruption to the working of the current Hospital
- Incur financial risks because the costs of the General Hospital rebuild are already out of control
- Bring car park problems to a site that already suffers with parking issues
- DHAG accepts that MVCC needs to be very close to the facilities of a general hospital because patients often need extra support
- But Watford General is not the right place
- There are better sites for both WGH and Mount Vernon, with good access to all parts of West Herts, that need to be considered urgently
- DHAG’s response to the public consultation on the move is below: