We are proud of the wide range of services we provide to our patients. We have over 5,000 dedicated staff who work hard to make sure our patients get the best care.
We provide a wide range of acute inpatient services including A&E and maternity at the Lister and QEII. We also provide outpatient care to people at Hertford County, the Lister and the QEII.
We run Mount Vernon, one of the country’s top 5 cancer treatment centres, which provides specialist tertiary chemotherapy and radiotherapy services.
We provide regional and sub-regional services in:
- Renal medicine (kidney)
- Plastic surgery
- Ophthalmology (eye)
- Ear, nose and throat
Some quick facts about us:
- We treat around 500,000 people a year
- Around 5,500 babies are born in one of our hospitals each year
- Our A&E departments see around 130,000 people each year
- We employ over 5,000 staff
- We have over 800 inpatient beds
- Our annual income is around £290 million
- The Trust was formed in April 2000 with responsibility for managing Hertford County, the Lister and the QEII hospitals. In April 2005 we also gained responsibility for managing the Mount Vernon cancer centre.
We manage four hospitals:
- Hertford County hospital, Hertford
- The Lister hospital, Stevenage
- The Mount Vernon cancer centre, Northwood
- The QEII hospital, Welwyn Garden City
