Key Facts and Figures About West Herts Hospitals NHS Trust
Patients Treated
In 2009/10
- 75,675 people attended A&E (on average, more than 200 a day).
- 14,015 people attended the Minor Injuries Unit
- 24,494 people attended the Urgent Care Centre
- 374,652 people attended Outpatient Departments - more than 1400 a day!
- 76,724 people attended as inpatient and day cases.
Babies Born
In 2009/10, 5,602 babies were born at the Trust (plus 162 home births).
Critical Care Beds
The Trust has 16 critical care adult beds in total, of which 12 can be classified as intensive and 4 high dependency.
A&E Attendances
In 2007/8, there were 98,122 new attendances to the Trust's two A&E departments (note: as of March 2009 Hemel no longer has an Accident and Emergency Dep't - replaced by Urgent Care Centre): 57,661 at Watford General and 40,461 at Hemel Hempstead; plus 12,803 patients visited the Minor Injuries department at St Albans. The Trust also has a 24-hour walk-in emergency gynaecology service.
Staff
Approximately 4000 staff work for the Trust.
What is the Population of the Catchment Area?
The West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust provides general acute hospital services for a population of approximately 500,000 - 700,000, from the local authority areas of Watford and Three Rivers, St Albans, Dacorum, and part of Hillingdon.
