Hemel Hospital – the great options they don’t want you to see

• The NHS worked on two options for a new build local hospital on the current site, within easy reach of big stores Asda and Iceland
• They would be new like the Hub – but on a site that offers the chance for good parking
• The NHS and Council want you to forget them because they are committed to the Market Square Hub
• The two new build options for the current site had good ratings in the last independent expert assessment, in 2018:

a. A stand-alone new hospital (hub) located in the northwest part of the site. Demolish Cheere House and Tudor buildings and construct a three-storey compact
rectangular shape facility. Car parking is decked to meet the requirement. THAT WAS GIVEN 13 OUT OF 16 MARKS

b. A stand-alone new hospital (hub) located in the northeast part of the site. Demolish Windsor building and construct a three storey L shaped building at the northern
border. Car parking is decked to meet the requirement. THAT WAS GIVEN 12 OUT OF 16 MARKS

• And the Market Square option?- the experts gave that just 8 OUT OF 16
• And this is key – the independent site ratings assumed a very similar local hospital to the one being considered now.
• Why do the authorities keep pushing the ninth-rate Market Square when there are much better options for a new hospital -that would also allow homes to be built on the rest of the site?
• This is the post with the information on the last independent expert assessment:
• https://dhag.org.uk/news-updates/market-square-was-rejected-as-hospital-site-by-nhs/