Get it right first time! Build west Herts A&E hospital central to its population

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

The Government must intervene NOW to make sure West Herts Hospital Trust include in their Outline Business Case a fully costed option to build OUR new A&E hospital in a more CENTRAL and ACCESSIBLE location. Until this has been done, the Government can’t ensure Value For Money or public support it.

Watford General has been west Herts only Acute services/A&E hospital since the closure of A&E departments at St Albans and Hemel Hempstead.
Our Trust wants to spend £1.1bn on a high-rise hospital at the cramped Vicarage Road site, a location hard to get to for the majority of the population it serves.
The trust's decision is out of date-the goalposts have significantly moved for funding and completion dates. Our trust need to demonstrate best use of public funds by including a new site option.

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

Decisions over where to hospital trusts are a matter for the NHS, not the Government.

Timeline

22 Apr 2022	Petition opened for signatures
26 Apr 2022	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 26 Apr 2022

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