Hospital type District General Phone +44 1923 244366 Function Hospital Care system Public NHS | Lists Hospitals in England Number of beds 521 Emergency department Yes Accident & Emergency | |
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Website www.westhertshospitals.nhs.uk Hours Open today · Open 24 hoursSundayOpen 24 hoursMondayOpen 24 hoursTuesdayOpen 24 hoursWednesdayOpen 24 hoursThursdayOpen 24 hoursFriday(Good Friday)Open 24 hoursHours might differSaturdayOpen 24 hoursSuggest an edit Similar Mount Vernon Hospital, Vicarage Road, Watford High Street railway st, Cassiobury Park, Watford tube station Profiles | ||
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Watford General Hospital is a 521-bed acute District General Hospital situated on Vicarage Road, Watford, Hertfordshire. It is operated by West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust together with Hemel Hempstead General Hospital in Hemel Hempstead and the St Albans City Hospital in St Albans.
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The hospital is served by buses running between Watford town centre and Rickmansworth.
A new London Underground Metropolitan line station, Watford Vicarage Road, is planned to be built nearby as part of the Croxley Rail Link project.
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History
Watford General was formed at the foundation of the National Health Service utilising buildings which were formerly the Watford workhouse and, from 1929, Shrodells Public Assistance Institution. Also incorporating Watford's Peace Memorial Hospital which was transferred to the Shrodells site when the Peace Memorial closed in 1985. The Peace Hospice is situated on the former Peace Memorial site.
Outline planning permission to redevelop the hospital and create the Watford Health Campus was granted in 2008. Section 106 agreements which will provide £3 million for infrastructure around the Vicarage Road site, including education and transport, were signed on 26 March 2010. In August 2012 Kier Property was selected to build the development. It will take 15 to 20 years to complete.
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A new road has been built to improve linking the hospital to the town centre and the M1, and is now the main access road to and from the hospital. The entrance on Vicarage Road is only used for disabled parking and as a drop-off point for patients.