New QEII Hospital
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2016}}
{{other uses|Queen Elizabeth Hospital (disambiguation){{!}}Queen Elizabeth Hospital}}
{{Infobox hospital
| Name = New QEII Hospital
| Org/Group = East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust
| Location = Welwyn Garden City
| Region = Hertfordshire
| State = England
| Country = United Kingdom
| HealthCare = NHS
| Type = General
| Emergency = No
| Affiliation = University of Hertfordshire
| Beds = None
| Website = https://www.newqeii.info/
| map_type =Hertfordshire
| map_caption =Shown in Hertfordshire
| coordinates ={{coord |51|46|58|N|0|11|14|W|display=inline,title}}
| founded={{Start date and age|df=yes|2015|11|6}}
}}
The New QEII Hospital (also known as New Queen Elizabeth II Hospital) is located in Welwyn Garden City and managed by East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust.
History
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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.{{cite web|url=https://orca.cf.ac.uk/68140/1/The%20New%20QEII_P%26P_D4FC_Final%20Report_2.pdf|title=The New QEII P&P Final Report|date=July 2013|publisher=Oxford Brookes University|accessdate=14 August 2020}} 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.{{cite web |title=Official opening of the New QEII hospital |url=https://www.enhertsccg.nhs.uk/news/201511/official-opening-new-qeii-hospital |publisher=East and North Hertfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group |accessdate=29 Dec 2018}}
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/hospitalrecords/details.asp?id=427&page=68|title=Welwyn Garden City Cottage Hospital, Welwyn Garden City|publisher=National Archives|accessdate=29 October 2018}} All inpatient and emergency services were transferred to the Lister Hospital at Stevenage in October 2014.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-29438902|title=Grant Shapps MP says A&E closure at Welwyn's QEII hospital is a 'betrayal'|date=1 October 2014|publisher=BBC|accessdate=29 October 2018}}
The old hospital was demolished and that part of the site was subsequently developed by Bellway in 2017.{{cite web|url=http://www.whtimes.co.uk/news/welwyn-garden-city-s-qeii-hospital-remembered-1-4981447|title=Welwyn Garden City’s QEII Hospital remembered|date=19 April 2017|publisher=Welwyn Hatfield Times|accessdate=29 October 2018}}
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.{{cite news|title=Topping out ceremony celebrates progress in new Queen Elizabeth II hospital construction|url=https://www.hertfordshiremercury.co.uk/Topping-ceremony-celebrates-progress-new-Queen-Elizabeth-II-hospital-construction/story-21981878-detail/story.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141227013050/https://www.hertfordshiremercury.co.uk/Topping-ceremony-celebrates-progress-new-Queen-Elizabeth-II-hospital-construction/story-21981878-detail/story.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 December 2014|accessdate=29 October 2018|publisher=Hertfordshire Mercury|date=16 June 2014}}
References
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External links
- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20150623002019/http://newqeii.info/ Official site]}}
- [https://www.nhs.uk/Services/hospitals/Overview/DefaultView.aspx?id=1064 NHS information page]
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Category:Hospitals in Hertfordshire
Category:NHS hospitals in England
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