Barnet Hospital

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Barnet Hospital
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
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Barnet Hospital
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Location within Barnet
Geography
LocationWellhouse Lane, Chipping Barnet EN5 3DJ, London, England
Coordinates 51°39′02″N0°12′51″W / 51.6505°N 0.2141°W / 51.6505; -0.2141
Organisation
Care system NHS England
Type District General
Services
Emergency department Yes
Beds459 [1]
History
OpenedNovember 1920;103 years ago (1920-11)
Links
Website www.royalfree.nhs.uk/barnet-hospital/ OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
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Barnet Hospital is a district general hospital situated in Barnet, in North London. It is managed by the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

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The hospital has its origins in the Wellhouse Hospital which opened in 1920 and became the Barnet General Hospital in 1950. The Barnet General Hospital was replaced by a new hospital, procured under the private finance initiative in the late 20th century. The new facility, which offers a complete range of services, was built by Bouygues and opened as Barnet Hospital in 2002. The hospital, which is well served by local bus services, was evaluated as good by the Care Quality Commission in 2016. Barnet Hospital was being investigated in relation to the Jimmy Savile sexual abuse scandal in 2023.

Overview

The original hospital on the site was the Wellhouse Hospital which was opened by Viscount Hampden, the Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire, in November 1920. [2] It was renamed Barnet General Hospital in 1950. [2]

The rebuilding of the hospital was procured under a Private Finance Initiative contract in 1999. The works were designed by the Percy Thomas Partnership [3] and carried out by Bouygues [1] at a cost of £54 million. [4] They were completed in February 2002 [5] and the new facilities were opened by the Princess Royal in February 2003. [2] Barnet General Hospital became Barnet Hospital at that time. [2]

The new facilities provided include accident and emergency care, intensive care, internal medicine, surgery, gynecology, orthopaedics, anesthetics, haematology, stroke medicine, dermatology, paediatrics and genito-urinary medicine. [6]

Since July 2014, the hospital has been part of the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust along with Chase Farm Hospital. [7]

Barnet Hospital is served by London Buses routes 107, 263, 307, 384, school routes 606, 634, night route N20 and non-TfL route 614. [8] The closest Underground station is High Barnet, which is a 25-minute walk away. [9] On site parking has been highlighted by Which? as having the highest minimum charge in the country. [10]

CQC evaluation

The Care Quality Commission rated Barnet General Hospital as "good" overall in August 2016. The findings of the report are summarised in the table below: [11]

SafeEffectiveCaringResponsiveWell-ledOverall
Urgent and emergency servicesGoodGoodGoodGoodGoodGood
Medical careGoodGoodGoodGoodGoodGood
SurgeryGoodGoodGoodGoodGoodGood
Critical careGoodGoodGoodRequires improvementGoodGood
Maternity and gynaecologyGoodGoodGoodGoodGoodGood
Services for children and young peopleGoodGoodGoodGoodGoodGood
End of life careGoodGoodGoodGoodGoodGood
Outpatients and diagnostic imagingGoodNot ratedGoodGoodGoodGood
OverallGoodGoodGoodGoodGoodGood

Abuse inquiries

In November 2013, the Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt announced that Barnet Hospital was being investigated in relation to the Jimmy Savile sexual abuse scandal. [12] The subsequent NHS and DoH investigation concluded that following an extensive search of Trust and public archives, the investigating team found no record of JS being involved with BH, either through fund raising events, VIP visits or charitable donations. [13]

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