Sandy 4 St Albans

Once upon a time St Albans had an A&E.  Then the previous Conservative government broke their promise and closed it.  So the slightly surreal sign pointing to Hemel was put up at the exit from St Albans hospital in order that the injured should know which way to turn – left down the hill to Batchwood Drive rather than right to the town centre.  

But even though the current Labour government has just this last week closed the Hemel Hempstead A&E department, that forlorn sign to Hemel still remains.

So when can we expect to see the sign replaced with one pointing to Watford?  Or will patients be expected to make their way to the Hemel site where another sign will then point them on to Vicarage Road in Watford in a patient pass-the parcel?    Where will it all end?

It is a sorry tale and provides graphic illustration of the way that St Albans residents feel that a once local NHS has left them and become ever more remote.