New QEII Hospital
The New QEII Hospital is located in Welwyn Garden City and managed by East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust.
New QEII Hospital | |
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East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust | |
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Geography | |
Location | Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom |
Coordinates | 51°46′58″N 0°11′14″W |
Organisation | |
Care system | Public NHS |
Type | General |
Affiliated university | University of Hertfordshire |
Services | |
Emergency department | No Accident & Emergency |
Beds | None |
History | |
Opened | 6 November 2015 |
Links | |
Website | https://www.newqeii.info/ |
Lists | Hospitals in England |
History
![The old Queen Elizabeth II hospital](../I/Queen_Elizabeth_II_Hospital_W.G.C._-_geograph.org.uk_-_154430.jpg.webp)
The hospital was commissioned in 2013 by the East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, at a cost of £30 million. It was designed by the architects Penoyre & Prasad.[1] It was officially opened by Alistair Burt, the Minister for Community and Social Care at the time, and Simon Stevens, the Chief Executive of NHS England on 6 November 2015.[2]
The hospital replaced the Queen Elizabeth II Hospital. This hospital was opened by the Queen in July 1963, replacing the Welwyn Garden City Cottage Hospital in Church Road.[3] All inpatient and emergency services were transferred to the Lister Hospital at Stevenage in October 2014.[4]
The old hospital was demolished and that part of the site was subsequently developed by Bellway in 2017.[5]
Services
The hospital provides GP services, outpatient clinics, diagnostic (radiology, pathology and endoscopy), a breast unit and antenatal and postnatal care, as well as an urgent care centre.[6]
References
- "The New QEII P&P Final Report" (PDF). Oxford Brookes University. July 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- "Official opening of the New QEII hospital". East and North Hertfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
- "Welwyn Garden City Cottage Hospital, Welwyn Garden City". National Archives. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
- "Grant Shapps MP says A&E closure at Welwyn's QEII hospital is a 'betrayal'". BBC. 1 October 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
- "Welwyn Garden City's QEII Hospital remembered". Welwyn Hatfield Times. 19 April 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
- "Topping out ceremony celebrates progress in new Queen Elizabeth II hospital construction". Hertfordshire Mercury. 16 June 2014. Archived from the original on 27 December 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2018.