Located 20 kilometres north of Paris, l’Hôpital Simone Veil – Groupement Hospitalier Eaubonne-Montmorency (GHEM) is one of the leading public healthcare institutions in the Val d’Oise department. It serves a population of 650 000 inhabitants and covers 123,000 m² across ten municipalities, with two main sites in Eaubonne and Montmorency. The hospital operates within a territory shaped by two distinct demographic dynamics: one of the youngest populations in France alongside a significant proportion of elderly residents, as reflected by the presence of 44 nursing homes (EHPAD – Établissements d’Hébergement pour Personnes Âgées Dépendantes).
For several years, l’Hôpital Simone Veil – GHEM has been engaged in a research-oriented development strategy, with the objective of achieving teaching hospital status for several departments, by developing the intake of medical students, teaching, and clinical research in partnership with the Centre Hospitalier Victor Dupouy, based in Argenteuil.
The hospital is characterised by a unique governance and management model within the French healthcare ecosystem, inspired by sociocratic principles, built around a “living” medical strategy, and aimed at empowering healthcare professionals.
A local public hospital with a comprehensive, dynamic and diverse range of care
L’Hôpital Simone Veil – GHEM offers a comprehensive and diverse range of care, with a capacity of 1,100 beds and places.
The institution covers all medical disciplines, in general medicine and intensive care, surgery, medical and rehabilitation care, psychiatry. Its maternity unit includes a physiological birth pathway, delivering approximately 3 300 births per year, features a « kangaroo care unit » ans a medical and intensive care neonatal unit. It further draws on an integrated centre of excellence in gerontology, comprising three
EHPADs and a Long-Term Care Unit.
Each year, more than 10,000 surgical procedures are performed in the operating theatres and nearly 300,000 consultations are carried out. The emergency departments (adult, paediatric, gynaecological and psychiatric) record more than 95,000 visits, of which nearly 60,000 are to the adult emergency unit. The institution brings together 2,600 healthcare professionals, including 400 physicians.
A modern technical platform
L’Hôpital Simone Veil – GHEM is equipped with a comprehensive, innovative and continuously modernised technical platform. The operating suite comprises 10 theatres, one of which is equipped with a Da Vinci X surgical robot, alongside specialised theatres (ENT with neuronavigation, ophthalmology, urology with Thulium laser). Endoscopy activity is supported by a fleet of 32 endoscopes and a dedicated disinfection unit.
The gynaecology-obstetrics platform incorporates an advanced ultrasound system for antenatal diagnosis, eight 3D/4D ultrasound devices and a fully equipped obstetric suite (delivery rooms, pre-labour and caesarean section rooms). Interventional cardiology relies on a coronary angiography suite that was renewed in 2024.
Medical imaging includes two MRI scanners, two CT scanners, conventional radiology and ultrasound equipment, as well as a digital mammography unit and an EEG. The clinical biology laboratory is equipped with a robotised processing line and up-to-date automated analysers, while anatomical and cytological pathology will be fully digitalised by 2026. The pharmacy operates a unit-dose and nomative dispensing robot. A nuclear medicine unit is also present within the principal site of the hospital, as part of a partnership with a private operator.
A hospital committed to teaching and training
L’Hôpital Simone Veil – GHEM welcomes more than 150 medical students and over 600 trainees from various professional backgrounds each year.
It also has its own Allied Health Training Institute, the Institut Françoise Dolto, which welcomes more than 400 students per year (300 student nurses and 100 trainee healthcare assistants). It is recognised as the most attractive allied health training institution in the department.
In 2025, 530 training sessions were delivered to 1,800 hospital professionals, reflecting a sustained investment in skills development. In this context, the institution actively supports the development of new paramedical roles, with 8 Advanced Practice Nurses currently working within the hospital. Furthermore, the institution – and in particular its adult emergency department — is fully committed to the development of simulation-based training.
A rapidly growing clinical research programme
L’Hôpital Simone Veil – GHEM is fully engaged in the development of research for the benefit of its patients. In 2025, more than 30 clinical trials are currently ongoing throughout its departments, and more than 2 300 patients have been enrolled in studies since the launch of its research activity.
Clinical research is structured and coordinated by the Clinical Research Support Unit (USRC – Unité de Soutien à la Recherche Clinique), which facilitates patient enrolment, study monitoring and the dissemination of scientific results. Several specialties actively contribute to this dynamic, including gynaecology-obstetrics, diabetology, pulmonology, ophthalmology, emergency medicine and intensive care.
The institution participates in large-scale national and European multicentre trials, covering fields as varied as venous thrombosis, hematological diseases, respiratory intensive care, gynecological oncology diabetes, cardiac disorders and mental health. All projects are conducted in strict compliance with national and European regulations, with particular attention to patient data protection and ethical standards.
L’Hôpital Simone Veil fosters a culture of collaboration, openness and continuous improvement. Its partnerships with other public university and European research networks make it an experienced site for large-scale multicentre trials.
The only French hospital participating in the ThrombUS+ project
The project is led locally by Dr Maxime Gautier, Head of the Adult Emergency Department and SMUR (Service Mobile d’Urgence et de Réanimation – the French pre-hospital emergency and resuscitation service). Around ten emergency practitioners are involved in patient recruitment for the project, which involves several departments within the hospital, including adulte emergency department, general and gastrointestinal surgery, orthopaedic surgery, imaging and respiratory medicine. The Clinical Research Support Unit is responsible for monitoring patient enrolment and the operational coordination of the study with the consortium partners, with the support of a dedicated clinical research assistant. 155 patients have already been enrolled in the first ThrombUS+ A1 study. The hospital also actively participates in consortium meetings.
This commitment reflects Hôpital Simone Veil – GHEM’s determination to place medical innovation and clinical research at the heart of its institutional strategy and to contribute to the advancement of clinical research across hospital settings.
