Hospitals

The aim of the ABC is to create a 'home from home' atmosphere. The body needs a hormone called oxytocin to labour and one of the ways it is produced by the brain is when women feel safe and secure. So the unit tries to provide a very casual atmosphere with midwives well trained in normal birth as well as emergencies. There are 7 birthing rooms (all en-suite), two pools and the sensory room. more...

Hemel Hempstead Hospital has an urgent care centre (open between 8. 00am and 10.00pm daily) and offers other local healthcare facilities such as diagnostic services, including MRI and cold pathology, as well as an Outpatient service that sees in excess of 100,000 patients per year. In addition it provides twelve stroke rehabilitation beds.Hertfordshire Community Trust also operates intermediate care beds on site. more...

The Lister is a 730-bed district general hospital in Stevenage. It offers general and specialist hospital services for people across much of Hertfordshire and south Bedfordshire and provides a full range of medical and surgical specialties. General wards are supported by critical care (intensive care and high dependency) and coronary care units, as well as pathology, radiology and other diagnostic services. There are specialist sub-regional services in urology and renal dialysis.more...

The Luton and Dunstable University Hospital is a highly-rated acute hospital located conveniently close to major hubs in south Bedfordshire. Services include Breast Screening, Maternity, Neonatal Unit, Paediatrics and Gynaecology services.more...

St Albans City Hospital is West Herts Hospitals NHS Trust's elective care centre. It provides a wide range of elective care (both inpatient low risk surgery and day-case) and a wide range of outpatient and diagnostic services with in excess of 70,000 outpatient appointments. It has forty beds and six theatres (including one procedure room for ophthalmology) and a Minor Injuries Unit (MIU), open every day of the week from 9am to 8pm.more...

The New QEII Hospital has: An Urgent Care Centre; General outpatient services; Children's outpatient services; Diagnostic tests (MRI, CT scans and X-rays); Day treatments and procedures that don't need an overnight stay in hospital; GP out of hours services; Therapy services, such as physiotherapy and other rehabilitation treatments; Endoscopy and other procedures; A breast unit; Ante-natal care; Routine blood treatments, such as warfarin

Watford General Hospital is at the heart of the West Herts Hospital NHS Trust's acute emergency services - the core location for inpatient emergency care, and for all patients who need the specialist emergency facilities (such as intensive care) of a major district general hospital. It also provides elective care for higher risk patients together with a full range of outpatient and diagnostic services. There are approximately 600 beds and nine theatres (including one local theatre. Watford is also the focus of the Trust's Women's and Children's services, including neonatal care. more...