Hemel Hempstead General Hospital
Address and phone number
- Address
- Hillfield Road, Hemel Hempstead, HP2 4AD
- Phone
- 01923 244366 (West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust switchboard)
Address from the Care Quality Commission; phone number from the NHS Organisation Data Service. Visiting times and parking differ between wards, so check with the hospital before you travel.
Waiting times
West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust reports one set of waiting times for all its hospitals, including Hemel Hempstead General Hospital. At the end of August 2026, half of its 44,408 patients waiting for planned treatment had waited less than 12.0 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.
| Specialty | Median wait | Waiting |
|---|---|---|
| General surgery | 16.4 wks | 3,380 |
| Urology | 11.1 wks | 2,769 |
| Orthopaedics | 16.9 wks | 5,047 |
| Ear, nose and throat | 19.6 wks | 3,095 |
| Ophthalmology (eyes) | 14.4 wks | 3,227 |
| Oral surgery | 17.4 wks | 2,842 |
| General medicine | 5.2 wks | 60 |
| Gastroenterology | 8.6 wks | 3,428 |
| Cardiology (heart) | 10.8 wks | 4,564 |
| Dermatology (skin) | 9.4 wks | 3,602 |
| Respiratory medicine | 8.2 wks | 1,148 |
| Neurology | 11.6 wks | 1,250 |
| Rheumatology | 10.3 wks | 937 |
| Elderly medicine | 6.0 wks | 54 |
| Gynaecology | 11.0 wks | 2,127 |
| Other medical specialties | 9.2 wks | 1,826 |
| Other mental health | 1.7 wks | 4 |
| Other paediatric specialties | 11.2 wks | 2,729 |
| Other surgical specialties | 9.9 wks | 2,175 |
| Other services | 6.0 wks | 144 |
More about waiting times at West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Care Quality Commission rating
Hemel Hempstead General Hospital: Requires improvement. Published 17 June 2020. Read the CQC report (opens in a new tab)
West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust overall: Requires improvement. Published 17 June 2020.
Some ratings are several years old; the date shows when it was published. Source: Care Quality Commission.
A&E
In September 2026, 87.2% of the 18,240 people who went to A&E at West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust's departments were admitted, transferred or discharged within four hours, against 74.4% across England. NHS England publishes this for the trust as a whole. A&E figures over the past year
In an emergency call 999. For urgent help that is not an emergency, use NHS 111 (opens in a new tab).
Other NHS hospitals nearby
You can usually choose where to have planned NHS treatment. Hospitals run by other trusts, with each trust's median wait across all specialties:
| Hospital | Distance | Trust median wait |
|---|---|---|
| Mount Vernon Cancer CentreEast and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust | 9.4 miles | 12.1 wks |
| Mount Vernon HospitalThe Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 9.4 miles | 12.6 wks |
| Sir William Gowers CentreUniversity College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 9.6 miles | 12.0 wks |
| Luton and Dunstable HospitalBedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 9.9 miles | 14.5 wks |
| Harefield HospitalGuy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust | 10.0 miles | 11.4 wks |
Straight-line distance. Waits differ a lot between specialties; search by treatment and postcode to compare the one you need.
Other hospitals run by West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
- St Albans City Hospital, St Albans
- Watford General Hospital, Watford