{"id":691889,"date":"2026-01-12T21:36:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T21:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/691889\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T21:36:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T21:36:11","slug":"cancer-centre-move-could-see-herts-and-beds-hospitals-expand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/691889\/","title":{"rendered":"Cancer centre move could see Herts and Beds hospitals expand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust said the new facility would provide &#8220;modern facilities&#8221; along with more space for &#8220;innovation, research and training&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Modern cancer care increasingly relies on the support of a range of on-site medical and surgical services, including Accident and Emergency and critical care,&#8221; it added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;With plans already approved for a new Watford General Hospital, this proposal would add world-class cancer services to the site, creating a centre of excellence.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The elected Mayor of Watford, Lib Dem Peter Taylor, said that although he was pleased about plans to relocate Mount Vernon, he was concerned about timings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;The rebuild of Watford General is needed now more than ever,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Despite being shovel-ready, this project has been delayed, with construction not scheduled to even start until 2032.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;The rebuilding of Watford General should be a top priority for the government, and they need to deliver the funding needed for this now.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust said the new facility would provide &#8220;modern facilities&#8221; along with more space&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":691890,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4316],"tags":[105,4348,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-691889","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-healthcare","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-healthcare","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115884286739440342","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=691889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691889\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/691890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=691889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=691889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=691889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}