Hospital to get £38m revamp (From Watford Observer)

Hospital to get £38m revamp

12:12pm Wednesday 17th October 2007 in

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The £38million redevelopment of Watford General Hospital has been formally approved by the Department of Health.

Work on the project, which includes a new acute admissions unit containing 120 beds, a new CT scanner, x-ray and ultrasound facilities, will start by the end of this month. It is due to be completed by March 2009.

The new building will be adjoined to the A&E department and, according to hospital bosses, will allow patients to be diagnosed quicker by a greater number of senior doctors.

As a result of the changes, A & E at the Hemel site will shut and an and "urgent care centre", with closer links to GPs, will be created.

For more about the redevelopment see Friday's Watford Observer.

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