HARLOW SHOWS THE WAY – AND SHAMES WATFORD

HARLOW SHOWS THE WAY TO A CLEAR NEW SITE HOSPITAL – AND PUTS WEST HERTS TO SHAME

Harlow’s Princess Alexandra Trust are showing how an imaginative NHS body can plan new clear-site hospitals that work for patients.

The Essex team want an efficient new hospital on a human scale – up to seven or eight storeys – in a spacious setting with room to breathe. By contrast West Herts want us to squeeze into a 16-storey, 260-foot monstrosity, surrounded by Watford’s biggest new housing estate – the 1500-unit Riverwell.

In this blog, Walking the Tightrope,  the Trust explain the thinking behind their choice of a hospital that is in the right environment for healing.

A much better use of public money than Watford’s towering infirmary.