Has the NHS had second thoughts over Hemel Hospital closure?
- Has the NHS got cold feet over Hemel Hospital closure?
- Closure plan was not on the agenda at key NHS meeting last week
- The closure plan for Hemel Hospital was originally down for approval by the regional NHS ICB Board meeting which took place on 28 November.
- This would be a crucial step towards the shuttering of the 200-year-old institution
- BUT THE PLAN FOR THE DEMOLITION OF THE HOSPITAL AND ITS REPLACEMENT BY A MARKET SQUARE HUB OR ‘NEIGHBOURHOOD’ HEALTH CENTRE WAS NOT ON THE AGENDA AS PUBLISHED
- Has the NHS decided to rethink its plan to turn Hemel and Dacorum into a neighbourhood?
- OR – WAS THE CRUCIAL DECISION TAKEN IN SECRECY (PART TWO OF THE MEETING) AND NOT MADE PUBLIC?
- Dacorum Health Action Group has put in a Freedom of Information request to find out what happened