{"id":366707,"date":"2026-01-12T20:52:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T20:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/366707\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T20:52:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T20:52:06","slug":"cancer-centre-move-could-see-herts-and-beds-hospitals-expand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/366707\/","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":366708,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[102,2960,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-366707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-health","tag-healthcare","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=366707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/366708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=366707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=366707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=366707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}