Barnet General Hospital
| Barnet Hospital | |
| Barnet and Chase Farm NHS Hospitals Trust | |
|---|---|
| Geography | |
| Location | Barnet, London, England, United Kingdom |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Public NHS |
| Hospital type | District General |
| Affiliated university | None |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes Accident & Emergency |
| Beds | 445 |
| Links | |
| Website | http://www.bcf.nhs.uk/ Barnet & Chase Farm NHS Hospitals Trust |
| Lists | Hospitals in England |
Barnet Hospital, formerly called Barnet General Hospital, is a hospital in Barnet, north London, run by Barnet and Chase Farm NHS Hospitals Trust as part of the National Health Service.
[edit] Overview
Barnet Hospital was completely rebuilt between 1999 and 2002 through a PFI project.[1] It was re-opened by HRH The Princess Royal in February 2003.
The hospital has 445 beds out of the 954 available in both hospitals of the trust. It operates a full range of acute medical services including internal medicine, surgery, gynaecology, orthopaedics, anaesthetics, haematology, stroke medicine, dermatology, paediatrics, genito-urinary medicine as well as some smaller other services. It has a busy 24 hour Accident and Emergency department, and a modern intensive care unit.
Ophthalmology is provided by the Royal Free NHS Trust
The psychiatric unit based at the Barnet Hospital site has recently undergone renovation, and has been relocated there from Edgware Community Hospital. It is under the auspices of a separate NHS trust.
The hospital has good links with other local hospitals, and often has medical students from University College London Medical School.
[edit] Transport links
Barnet Hospital is served directly by three Transport for London bus services. These are:
- 263 (stop B1, starts/terminates here, to Holloway)
- 384 (Cockfosters tube station to Barnet (Quinta Drive) - stop B1 towards Cockfosters and stop B2 towards Quinta Drive)
- 634 (stop B1, starts/terminates here, to Muswell Hill Broadway - school service only).
The 384 also servers the 24-hour Accident and Emergency unit at Barnet General Hospital (located further down Wellhouse Lane) as part of the hail and ride section of this bus route, although the bus itself runs only between 05.59 and 00.14.
Further Transport for London buses 107, 307 and 614 stop a short walk away from the hospital: in Wood Street, stops B3 and B4.
The closest Underground station is High Barnet, which is a 15 minute walk away.
On site parking has been highlighted by Which? as having the highest minimum charge in the country. (http://www.times-series.co.uk/news/8214185.Hospitals_defend_parking_charges_branded_highest_in_Britain/}
Cycle parking is available under the main entrance, access is from the southeast corner of the building.
[edit] Notes
- ^ "Project Database - Projects: London". PPP Forum. http://www.pppforum.com/projects/region.asp?r=lon. Retrieved 2007-01-30.
