Council admits public had NO SAY in Hospital closure decision
- Dacorum Council ADMIT public were deliberately cut out of decision on Hemel Hospital closure
- They say ‘Engagement’ public sessions in the summer were just to ‘gather views on the overall vision’
- This makes clear that the Prime Minister’s promise (to David Taylor MP) of public consultation has been ignored
- Decision to make the closure the ‘preferred way forward’ was taken in private in May 2025 by UNELECTED Council and NHS bureaucrats, the ‘Joint Strategic Board’.
- The final decision to replace the Hospital with a Hub was confirmed in ‘private session’ of some councillors last month.
- The Council said in an FOI response last week that
- The purpose of the [‘engagement’] sessions was to gather views on the overall vision and model of care, rather than to consult formally on a single preferred site.