At The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT), we provide a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping.
We employ around 4,000 staff and serve a local population of about 350,000 people living in West Essex and East Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop’s Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.
We are currently working with system partners to transform how care is delivered for our patients to offer the highest quality, seamless care possible. Aligned with the three ambitious shifts set out in the NHS 10 Year plan: analogue to digital; treatment to prevention; and acute to community; we will take a central role in integrating services with other Trusts and our system partners, primary care, community services and mental health.
The government has confirmed the funding and timetable for a new hospital for Harlow, following a review of its New Hospital Programme (NHP).
The NHP will now be delivered in waves of investment, with The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) falling into wave two. Schemes in wave two are expected to begin construction between 2030 and 2035. We have been advised we can plan to begin construction in Harlow from 2032.