There IS an alternative to the Market Square Health Campus
- There IS an alternative to the Market Square Hub/Campus now being advertised
- A detailed 2021 proposal to make the current Hemel Hempstead Hospital the ‘planned medicine centre’ for the whole of West Herts was abandoned by the area’s Trust.
- The improved Hemel Hospital would have focused on the Verulam Building and would have:
- been West Herts’ top specialised centre for respiratory medicine, rheumatology, diabetes care, dermatology and older people’s services, with increased specialist appointments for other conditions
- provided ‘updated and appropriate diagnostic facilities to deliver the best one-site care possible for patients who are not acutely unwell and do not need surgical intervention but do require hospital-delivered medical treatment in a setting that meets their clinical needs.’
- Would have allowed the Council to use the rest of the existing Hospital site for housing
- This practical alternative to the proposed Market Square Hub was given planning permission less than three years ago
- Why are we not being consulted on this option, which would have preserved the Hospital in the town??
- This is the link to the 2022 Hemel Hospital development plan:
- https://planning.dacorum.gov.uk/publicaccess/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=documents&keyVal=RC83NRFOFKD00