In 2006 regions were again reorganised and Hertfordshire came under NHS East of England until that was abolished in 2013.
In October 2017 the two CCGs decided that obese patients “will not get non‐urgent surgery until they reduce their weight” unless there are “exceptional circumstances” and Smokers would not be referred for non-urgent surgery “unless they have stopped smoking for eight weeks or more”.
[1] The sustainability and transformation plan for the county includes both Hertfordshire and West Essex.
In 2019 West Herts 21st Century Hospital Solution, a local campaign group engaged BDP Healthcare to produce plans for a new acute general hospital in West Hertfordshire.
They say this would be “financially feasible and far preferable to existing plans to carry out piecemeal repairs”, but NHS managers say this option vastly exceeds the funding threshold, and they propose to apply for £350 million of central government funding for “significant investment” at Watford General Hospital, upgrades to surgery facilities at St Albans City Hospital and the consolidation of Hemel Hempstead Hospital.