Watford hospital or Luton Hospital which one is the best?

I went for Watford, but my friend is going with L&D. Watford have been very quick with appointments as L&D have a different system for people out of borough - they put appointments on weekends I think so it can take longer. I have heard good things about l&d, but I've decided to stick with Watford at the moment (mainly because I feel like communication has been good)

I was with Watford and they were really good overall. I got appointments pretty quickly and was seen very regularly ( I had a complicated pregnancy). Even post C Section aftercare was really good too. I haven't heard much about Luton so cant comment, sorry.

I’d go with Watford purely because it’s the same NHS trust as your primary care (I’m guessing Hemel is West Herts). I chose a hospital nearby but outside of my local trust and the systems are not connected and I have all my records on paper only 😵‍💫

I’ve been trying to figure out differences between Watford and Lister (Stevenage). Heard something about one having en suite rooms and the other didn’t - anyone here with experience from Watford?

I just came across this post as i’m looking locally atm too. Luton maternity has been rated as inadequate by the quality care commission and i haven’t heard great things. You can look online at their report and hopefully that will give you some more info to make an informed decision. Hope this helps!

One more thing to point out is that Watford are offering participation in the genomics study (lister doesn’t, not sure about Luton) which will test your baby for 200+ conditions. This is ultimately why I went with them. That said, I had most of my antenatal care at lister until now and it’s been very positive.