The hospital was commissioned in 2013 by the East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, at a cost of £30 million. It was designed by the architects
Penoyre & Prasad. It was officially opened by
Alistair Burt, the Minister for Community and Social Care at the time, and
Simon Stevens, the Chief Executive of
NHS England on 6 November 2015. The hospital replaced the
Queen Elizabeth II Hospital. This hospital was opened by
the Queen in July 1963, replacing the Welwyn Garden City Cottage Hospital in Church Road. All inpatient and emergency services were transferred to the
Lister Hospital at
Stevenage in October 2014. The old hospital was demolished and that part of the site was subsequently developed by
Bellway in 2017. ==Services==