Hertford County Hospital

15/08/2025

As many families gear up for their summer holidays, health officials are raising concerns about a rise in measles cases across several European countries and other popular destinations.

Measles is a highly contagious viral illness that can lead to serious complications, especially in young children and those who haven’t been fully vaccinated. Travelling to areas with active outbreaks increases the risk of exposure.

What you can do to protect your family👨‍👩‍👧‍👦
✅ Make sure your child is up to date with their MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccinations.
✅ Speak to your GP if your child has missed any doses.
✅ Know the symptoms: high fever, cough, runny nose, red eyes, and a red rash.
✅ If symptoms appear during or after travel, seek medical advice straight away and mention any recent travel.

Stay informed. Stay vaccinated. Stay safe. 💉

27/07/2025

With the current Industrial action in place by resident doctors, you can help our clinicians prioritise those in an emergency by keeping our A&E free for life or limb-threatening illnesses.

Most GP Practices will remain open, so please continue to come forward for existing appointments.

Please contact NHS 111 for care advice or visit your local pharmacy first for minor conditions.

Please be kind to those who are still working, they will be managing even more than normal.

More information can be found here 👉 https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/news/resident-doctor-strikes/

25/07/2025

The Resident doctors Industrial action began today.

It’s important to still seek medical help if you, or someone you care about, needs it during the strike action.

Please continue to use 999 and A&E in an emergency. You can also use NHS 111 online and community services, like GPs and pharmacies, which will be open as usual for help and advice.

Thank you for your patience and support.

More information can be found here 👉 https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/news/resident-doctor-strikes/

24/07/2025

Strike action by resident doctors will take place from 7am on Friday 25 July until 7am on Wednesday 30 July.

If we have not contacted you, please attend your appointment as planned.

During the strikes, all other NHS staff will still be working, ensuring as many services as possible continue to operate safely.

More information can be found here 👉 https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/news/resident-doctor-strikes/

17/07/2025

41 finalists, 14 winners and hundreds of trust staff members, volunteers and of course, therapy dogs celebrated at our sparkling annual Time to Shine Awards ✨🏆

Recap on a night full of pride, joy and appreciation for the work of our brilliant NHS trust by visiting our website below:

https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/news/staff-awards-time-to-shine-2025

11/07/2025

With a yellow heat health alert issued across East of England until Tuesday 15 July, remember that vulnerable people are more at risk from higher temperatures.

🥤 Drink lots of water
🌳 Stay in the shade between 11am - 3pm
👚 Wear light clothing
☀️ Check in on your vulnerable family and neighbours

Please visit the NHS website for helpful advice. https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/seasonal-health/heatwave-how-to-cope-in-hot-weather/

08/07/2025

Our next public board meeting will take place tomorrow, Wednesday 9 July at 9.30am

Members of the public are welcome to attend virtually via our YouTube livestream 💻

You can listen live here:

08/07/2025

Happy International Paramedics Day 💙

Thank you to our wonderful NHS paramedics. Your quick thinking, expert care, and calm under pressure save lives every single day.

💚 It’s International Paramedics Day! ❤️

We need more than one day to tell you all about our hard working paramedics, so over the next few days we’re going to be celebrating their incredible work! 👏

We want to show how their collaborative work with colleagues and partners enables them to provide the best patient care 🚑

To do this, we’re going to be sharing 👇

🟢 Case studies from paramedics working in roles across the Trust.
🟢 Videos exploring what unity and community means to our people.
🟢 Inspiring stories about the impact our paramedics have across the east of England.
🟢 Some interesting statistics.

Keep your eyes peeled across our social channels 👀

01/07/2025

Celebrating 77 Years of the NHS – Thank You Week 2025 🎉

This week, we're proud to mark the 77th anniversary of the NHS with our annual Thank You Week – a special time to celebrate and show appreciation for our incredible staff across the Trust.

We kicked things off yesterday with a heartwarming performance from Somewhere 2 Sing, setting the tone for a week full of gratitude and celebration.

There’s plenty more planned throughout the week, with activities and events taking place across our sites – all designed to say a big thank you to our amazing teams.

A huge thank you to North & East Hertfordshire Hospital Charity for generously funding this week’s celebrations 💙

26/06/2025

Happy Islamic New Year to all NHS colleagues, patients and the wider community!

We wish you all a blessed and prosperous new year 🕌☪️

18/06/2025

It's and we're taking a moment to celebrate our wonderful chaplaincy team who do so much for our patients and staff 💙

They listen and don't judge, they are understanding, comforting, supportive and respectful and we are so lucky to have them across our hospital sites 🤗

Learn all about our wonderful chaplains by visiting our website:

As a multi-faith and belief team within the Trust, the Spiritual & Pastoral Care Team is here to support patients, carers, volunteers as well as staff whether they have a faith or not. We do this by providing pastoral, spiritual and religious care to those we come alongside, not telling them what to...