The foundation stone for Hereford County Hospital was laid in 1937 by Queen Mary.

[1] The new hospital, which was designed by WS Atkins[3] and built by Alfred McAlpine[4][5] at a cost of £62 million,[6] opened in 2002.

[7] At the time concerns were expressed that the new hospital was too small to replace the facilities which were being lost.

[7] In 2020 construction began on a new three storey block to replace the ageing Nightingale style Canadian Huts built in the aftermath of the Second World War.

[10] The site also houses the Stonebow Mental Health hospital which includes a psychiatric ward named after Jenny Lind, a Swedish opera singer.