New QEII Hospital

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New QEII Hospital
East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
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Shown in Hertfordshire
Geography
Location Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Coordinates 51°46′58″N0°11′14″W / 51.78278°N 0.18722°W / 51.78278; -0.18722
Organisation
Care system Public NHS
Type General
Affiliated university University of Hertfordshire
Services
Emergency department No Accident & Emergency
BedsNone
History
Opened6 November 2015;7 years ago (2015-11-06)
Links
Website https://www.newqeii.info/
Lists Hospitals in England

The New QEII Hospital is located in Welwyn Garden City and managed by East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust.

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History

The old Queen Elizabeth II hospital Queen Elizabeth II Hospital W.G.C. - geograph.org.uk - 154430.jpg
The old Queen Elizabeth II hospital

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]

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References

  1. "The New QEII P&P Final Report" (PDF). Oxford Brookes University. July 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  2. "Official opening of the New QEII hospital". East and North Hertfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  3. "Welwyn Garden City Cottage Hospital, Welwyn Garden City". National Archives. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  4. "Grant Shapps MP says A&E closure at Welwyn's QEII hospital is a 'betrayal'". BBC. 1 October 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  5. "Welwyn Garden City's QEII Hospital remembered". Welwyn Hatfield Times. 19 April 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  6. "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.