Will Health Hub improve access? Perhaps not …
- Claims that Hemel Health Hub will improve access to hospital services don’t really add up
- Hemel Hospital has 430 car spaces
- Closing the Hospital and moving services to the Market Square would put major pressure on th 600-space Water Gardens car park
- Most cars for the Hub patients could end up on the TOP DECK of the Water Gardens – IF there was enough room
- Steep exposed steps could make the walk to the Hub risky – unless a costly lift is built
- AND It could easily take longer to walk from the spread-out Water Gardens car park to a new Market Square building than it takes to get from Asda to X-Ray and blood clinic.