Barnet Hospital

Barnet Hospital
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Barnet Hospital
Location within Barnet
Geography
Location	Wellhouse 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
Beds	459 [1]
History
Opened	November 1920;104 years ago (1920-11)
Links
Website	www.royalfree.nhs.uk/barnet-hospital/
Lists	Hospitals in England

Barnet Hospital is a district general hospital situated in Barnet, in North London. It is managed by the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

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 2013.

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]

Transport links

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]

	Safe	Effective	Caring	Responsive	Well-led	Overall
Urgent and emergency services	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
Medical care	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
Surgery	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
Critical care	Good	Good	Good	Requires improvement	Good	Good
Maternity and gynaecology	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
Services for children and young people	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
End of life care	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
Outpatients and diagnostic imaging	Good	Not rated	Good	Good	Good	Good
Overall	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good

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]

See also

• List of hospitals in England

References

1. "Barnet General Hospital". Hospital Management. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
2. "Barnet Hospital". Lost Hospitals of London. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
3. Wong, Florence (1 September 2008). "Risk Management of PFI contracts in the Healthcate Sector in the UK" (PDF). p. 31. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
4. "NHS capital expenditure and the private finance initiative—expansion or contraction?" (PDF). British Medical Journal. 3 July 1999. p. 49. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
5. "Project Database — Projects: London". PPP Forum. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 30 January 2007.
6. "Barnet Hospital" (PDF). Bouygues. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
7. "The Royal Free". The Royal Free. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
8. "Buses from Barnet Hospital" (PDF). TfL. 5 March 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
9. "Step free Tube Guide" (PDF). Transport for London . April 2025. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 April 2025.
10. Alex Hayes. "Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals defend parking charges but say they are under review". Times Series. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
11. "Barnet General Hospital: Quality Report" (PDF). Care Quality Commission. p. 15. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
12. "Jimmy Savile: 19 more hospitals to investigate links". BBC News. 29 November 2013. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
13. "Jimmy Savile NHS investigation published". DoH. 26 June 2014. Retrieved 14 October 2014.

External links

• Official website