Please below with information about our wards and departments here at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust.
If you are unable to find the ward or department you are looking for, or would like further information please contact your local NHSP team and they will be able to assist you.
Location: Level 10 in the tower via lifts
Speciality: Endocrinology Rheumatology - This is a 30 bedded ward specialising in Diabetes and Endocrinology
Transport: Go through to end of main corridor, turn right at the end of corridor, take lift to ward
Parking options: Multi-Storey parking
Location: Level 10 in the tower via lifts
Speciality: Gynaecology - Specialising in the care of women during pregnancy and childbirth. It also specializes in other women's health issues, such as menopause, hormone problems, contraception (birth control), and infertility.
Transport: Go through to end of main corridor, turn right at the end of corridor, take lift to ward
Parking options: Multi-Storey parking
Location: Level 10 in the tower via lifts
Speciality: Isolation ward - This is a 30 bedded ward specialising in Diabetes and Endocrinology
Transport: Go through to end of main corridor, turn right at the end of corridor, take lift to ward
Parking options: Multi-Storey parking
Location: Level 11 in the tower via lifts
Speciality: Respiratory - Respiratory medicine is concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of conditions affecting the lungs. The department provides an extensive service, managing a wide range of conditions including: Asthma and allergy, Lung cancer, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), Bronchiectasis, Interstitial lung disease, Pleural disease, Occupational-related lung disease, Tuberculosis, Obstructive sleep apnoea
Transport: Go through to end of main corridor, turn right at the end of corridor, take lift to ward
Parking options: Multi-Storey parking
Location: Level 11 in the tower via lifts
Speciality: Respiratory - Respiratory medicine is concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of conditions affecting the lungs. The department provides an extensive service, managing a wide range of conditions including: Asthma and allergy, Lung cancer, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), Bronchiectasis, Interstitial lung disease, Pleural disease, Occupational-related lung disease, Tuberculosis, Obstructive sleep apnoea
Transport: Go through to end of main corridor, turn right at the end of corridor, take lift to ward
Parking options: Multi-Storey parking
Location: Level 11 in the tower via lifts
Speciality: Plastics & ENT - We are a 15-bed ward specialising in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) Surgery. The wider department, also on level 11, incorporates an adult plastics dressing clinic, a minor operations theatre, an outpatients clinic, and a 24-hour fast-track ENT treatment room.
Transport: Go through to end of main corridor, turn right at the end of corridor, take lift to ward
Parking options: Multi-Storey parking
Location: Level 5 in the tower via lifts
Speciality: Orthopaedic - 5A is a trauma & elective orthopaedic ward. There are 30 beds on the ward between 5A North and 5A South where male and female patients are cared for in separate bays. The medical and nursing teams are here to support our patients, relatives and friends. Please speak to any of the ward team if you require further information or need to arrange to speak to the doctor or any member of the team.
Transport: Go through to end of main corridor, turn right at the end of corridor, take lift to ward
Parking options: Multi-Storey parking
Location: Level 5 in the tower via lifts
Speciality: Orthopaedic - 5A is a trauma & elective orthopaedic ward. There are 30 beds on the ward between 5A North and 5A South where male and female patients are cared for in separate bays. The medical and nursing teams are here to support our patients, relatives and friends. Please speak to any of the ward team if you require further information or need to arrange to speak to the doctor or any member of the team.
Transport: Go through to end of main corridor, turn right at the end of corridor, take lift to ward
Parking options: Multi-Storey parking
Location: Level 6 in the tower via lifts
Speciality: Gastroenterology - This is a 30 bedded ward specialising in Gastroenterology and Renal Medicine.
Transport: Go through to end of main corridor, turn right at the end of corridor, take lift to ward
Parking options: Multi-Storey parking
Location: Level 6 in the tower via lifts
Speciality: General Surgery - This is a 30 bedded ward specialising in Gastroenterology and Renal Medicine.
Transport: Go through to end of main corridor, turn right at the end of corridor, take lift to ward
Parking options: Multi-Storey parking
Location: Level 6 in the tower via lifts
Speciality: Renal Nephrology - Specialising in Renal Medicine
Transport: Go through to end of main corridor, turn right at the end of corridor, take lift to ward
Parking options: Multi-Storey parking
Location: Level 6 in the tower via lifts
Speciality: Renal Nephrology - Specialising in Renal Medicine
Transport: Go through to end of main corridor, turn right at the end of corridor, take lift to ward
Parking options: Multi-Storey parking
Location: Level 7 in the tower via lifts
Speciality: Urology - Ward 7B specialises inurology/colorectal surgery)
Transport: Go through to end of main corridor, turn right at the end of corridor, take lift to ward
Parking options: Multi-Storey parking
Location: Level 7 in the tower via lifts
Speciality: Urology - Ward 7B specialises inurology/colorectal surgery
Transport: Go through to end of main corridor, turn right at the end of corridor, take lift to ward
Parking options: Multi-Storey parking
Location: Level 8 in the tower via lifts
Speciality: Gastroenterology - Specialising in disorders of the stomach and intestines
Transport: Go through to end of main corridor, turn right at the end of corridor, take lift to ward
Parking options: Multi-Storey parking
Location: Level 8 in the tower via lifts
Speciality: Gastroenterology - Specialising in disorders of the stomach and intestines
Transport: Go through to end of main corridor, turn right at the end of corridor, take lift to ward
Parking options: Multi-Storey parking
Location: Level 8 in the tower via lifts
Speciality: Vascular - General/Emergency & Vascular surgery
Transport: Go through to end of main corridor, turn right at the end of corridor, take lift to ward
Parking options: Multi-Storey parking
Location: Level 8 in the tower via lifts
Speciality: Vascular - General/Emergency & Vascular surgery
Transport: Go through to end of main corridor, turn right at the end of corridor, take lift to ward
Parking options: Multi-Storey parking
Location: Level 9 in the tower via lifts
Speciality: Elderley Care - We care for acute medical patients who are admitted with a variety of illnesses, including problems related to dementia.
Transport: Go through to end of main corridor, turn right at the end of corridor, take lift to ward
Parking options: Multi-Storey parking
Location: Level 9 in the tower via lifts
Speciality: Elderley Care - We care for acute medical patients who are admitted with a variety of illnesses, including problems related to dementia.
Transport: Go through to end of main corridor, turn right at the end of corridor, take lift to ward
Parking options: Multi-Storey parking
Location: Level 9 in the tower via lifts
Speciality: Elderley Care - We care for acute medical patients who are admitted with a variety of illnesses, including problems related to dementia.
Transport: Go through to end of main corridor, turn right at the end of corridor, take lift to ward
Parking options: Multi-Storey parking
Location: Level 9 in the tower via lifts
Speciality: Elderley Care - We care for acute medical patients who are admitted with a variety of illnesses, including problems related to dementia.
Transport: Go through to end of main corridor, turn right at the end of corridor, take lift to ward
Parking options: Multi-Storey parking
Location: At the front of the hospital
Speciality: Emergency department - Full specialist A&E / emergency department services for adults, children and babies available 24 hours a day, every day of the year
Transport: Before you get to the reception of the main corridor, turn left from car park, follow the path down to the right and A&E is located on the right hand side
Parking options: Multi-Storey parking
Location: Level 8 in the tower via lifts
Speciality: Surgical - Acute Cardiac Unit - The Unit provides close monitoring and high-dependency care for a variety of cardiac conditions. This includes the emergency management of heart attacks and the immediate and long term management of other cardiac conditions, including heart failure and heart arrhythmias.
Transport: Go through to end of main corridor, turn right at the end of corridor, take lift to ward 8B
Parking options: Multi-Storey parking
Location: Level 2 Green Zone
Speciality: Ambulatory Care Centre - Ambulatory care or outpatient care is medical care provided on an outpatient basis, including diagnosis, observation, consultation, treatment, intervention, and rehabilitation services. This care can include advanced medical technology and procedures even when provided outside of hospitals.
Transport: End of main corridor, lift to level 2, Green Zone, into Strathmore wing (Ground floor)
Parking options: Multi-Storey parking
Location: PMOK, Watford General Hospital
Speciality: Medicine
Transport: The Car Park is reached via Thomas Sawyer Way, Please used Trust post code WD18 0HB and not the car park is not accessible via Vicarage Road. The nearest train stations are Watford Junction, Watford High Street and Watford Met, all of these are within walking distance of the Trust.
Parking options: Pay and display
Location: Level 2 Green Zone
Speciality: AMU W - The Acute Medical Unit (AMU) is the first point of entry for patients referred to hospital as emergencies by their GP and those requiring admission from the Emergency Department.
Transport: End of main corridor, lift to level 2, follow signs to New Ward Block, Green Zone
Parking options: Multi-Storey parking
Location: Green Zone Level 2 Strathmore Wing
Speciality: Medical - General admissions medical ward with patients who do not require surgery
Transport: End of main corridor, lift to level 2, Green Zone, into Strathmore wing (Ground floor)
Parking options: Multi-Storey parking
Location: Green Zone, Level 2, Strathmore Wing, Third Floor
Speciality: Medicine/Elderley Care - 28 Bedded ward for Elderley medical care. Occasionally care for surgical patients. The Senior Sister is Nola March.
Transport: End of main corridor, lift to level 2, Green Zone, into Strathmore wing (3rd floor level 5)
Parking options: Multi-Storey parking
Location: Level 3 main corridor
Speciality: Pathology - Blood tests for patients of East and North Herts
Transport: Through the main corridor, go through double doors and directly to the right is sign posted Pathology Blood Tests
Parking options: Multi-Storey parking
Location: Front of the Hospital, near Adult ED
Speciality: Clinical Decisions Unit - Designated area within the hospital that allow our providers to monitor and evaluate the medical condition of patients who do not meet criteria for inpatient admission but are not well enough to go home without require further observation.
Transport: Based at the back of Adult ED, access through ED entrance, signposted CDU
Parking options: Multi-Storey parking
Location: Green Zone, level 2
Speciality: Cardiology - We deal with all conditions affecting the heart, including coronary artery disease (the cause of angina and heart attacks), heart valve disease, heart rhythm disturbances (arrhythmias), heart muscle problems (e.g. heart failure) and high blood pressure (hypertension). The department is led by a team of nine consultants, supported by a team of junior doctors and cardiac specialist nurses.
Transport: End of main corridor, lift to Level 2, follow signs to cardiac suite, Green Zone
Parking options: Multi-Storey parking
Location: Lilac Zone, Level 2
Speciality: Paediatric inpatient ward - This service is for children who are brought in by their families or ambulance and for children who are referred by another health professional, for example their GP.
Transport: End of main corridor, lift to level 2, Lilac Zone, Children's & Adoloscent unit
Parking options: Multi-Storey parking
Location: At the front of the hospital
Speciality: Paeds ED - Full specialist A&E / emergency department services for adults, children and babies available 24 hours a day, every day of the year
Transport: Before you get to the reception of the main corridor, turn left from car park, follow the path down to the right and A&E is located on the right hand side. Children's ED is before adult's entrance, to the right.
Parking options: Multi-Storey parking
Location: Level 4 of the tower via lifts
Speciality: Surgery - An intensive care unit, also known as an intensive therapy unit or intensive treatment unit or critical care unit, is a special department of a hospital or health care facility that provides intensive treatment medicine.
Transport: End of main corridor, lift to Level 4
Parking options: Multi-Storey parking
Location: Level 7 in the tower via lifts
Speciality: Discharging patients - Discharging patients who have been admitted to hospital
Transport: End of main corridor, Lift to level 7, Ward 7A South
Parking options: End of main corridor, Lift to level 7, Ward 7A South
Location: Level 4 Maternity
Speciality: Maternity - Gloucester ward is a busy 27 bedded ward for mums and babies. There are three six-bedded bays, one four-bedded bay and five amenity/side rooms.
Transport: Pink Zone, half way down main corridor, follow signs to level 4
Parking options: Multi-Storey parking
Location: Level 3 main corridor
Speciality: Pathology - Histopathology (or histology) involves the examination of sampled whole tissues under the microscope
Transport: Through the main corridor, go through double doors and directly to the right is sign posted Pathology Blood Tests
Parking options: Multi-Storey parking
Location: Level 4 of the tower via lifts
Speciality: Theatres - We have operating theatres at the Lister hospital only, covering both inpatient and day surgery. Each year our team performs around 23,000 operations.
Transport: End of main corridor, turn right to lifts, lift to level 4 and follow signs to main theatres
Parking options: Multi-Storey parking
Location: Level 3 yellow Zone
Speciality: Outpatients - The part of the hospital designed for the treatment of outpatients, people with health problems who visit the hospital for diagnosis or treatment, but do not at this time require a bed or to be admitted for overnight care.
Transport: Half way through main corridor, on the left hand side, yellow zone level 3
Parking options: Multi-Storey parking
Location: Level 3 just past double doors on main corridor
Speciality: Pharmacy - pharmacy service has departments at the Lister and New QEII hospitals, as well as the Mount Vernon Cancer Centre. Between them they provide a range of services for the Trust’s patients as well as in the case of the Lister team, for the mental health unit on the hospital site run by the Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. The same two pharmacy teams also provide services to some community hospitals and clinics, as well as to GPs
Transport: Main corridor, through double doors, on the left half way down corridor, level 3
Parking options: Multi-Storey parking
Location: Strathmore Wing Level 2
Speciality: Stroke - The team provides a hyper-acute service, along with continuing management of stroke patients – including thrombolysis, investigation, assessment and rehabilitation. We also run a daily rapid access transient ischaemic attack (TIA) service/stroke prevention clinic at the Lister.
Transport: End of main corridor, Lift to level 2, Green Zone, Strathmore Wing (2nd floor, level 4)
Parking options: Multi-Storey parking
Location: Level 2 in the lifts via the tower
Speciality: X-Ray, CT, Ultrasound, MRI - Providing patients with X-rays, CT, MRI and ultrsound amongst other scans. We operate a GP walk in service, meaning there are no appointments needed
Transport: End of main corridor, lift to level 2, Yellow Zone, follow signs to radiology
Parking options: Multi-Storey parking
Location: Level 2 in the lifts via the tower
Speciality: Surgical - Surgical Assessment Unit - The SAU assesses patients who have a confirmed or probable surgical condition. Patients are referred to us via their GP or are admitted via the Emergency Department
Transport: End of main corridor, lift to level 2, follow signs to New Ward Block, Green Zone
Parking options: Multi-Storey parking
Location: Level 2 in the lifts via the tower
Speciality: Short Stay unit - The short stay unit (SSU) is a ward providing targeted care for patients requiring brief hospitalization and dischargeable as soon as clinical conditions are resolved.
Transport: End of main corridor, Lift to level 2, Green Zone, Strathmore Wing (1st floor, level 3)
Parking options: Multi-Storey parking
Location: Purple Zone, level 5, treatment centre
Speciality: Treatment centre - Day surgery - patients who are admitted to hospital as an inpatient and who stay in the hospital for a particular surgery.
Transport: Outside the main building, on the left hand side as you enter the building. Before entering the main building, turn left out of the multi-storey, follow the path to the left
Parking options: Multi-Storey parking
Location: Level 4 in the lifts via the tower
Speciality: Theatres - We have operating theatres at the Lister hospital only, covering both inpatient and day surgery. Each year our team performs around 23,000 operations.
Transport: End of main corridor, turn right to lifts, lift to level 4 and follow signs to main theatres
Parking options: Multi-Storey parking