Barnet Hospital
| Barnet Hospital | |
|---|---|
| Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Wellhouse Lane, Chipping 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 | https://www.royalfree.nhs.uk/ |
| Lists | Hospitals in England |
Barnet Hospital is a hospital in Wellhouse Lane, Chipping Barnet, north London, run by the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust as part of the National Health Service.
Barnet Hospital was completely rebuilt between 1999 and 2002 through a PFI project. It was reopened by HRH The Princess Royal in February 2003.
The hospital has 445 beds. 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.
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 and University of Hertfordshire.
Since July, the hospital has been part of the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust along with Chase Farm Hospital
It was the hospital that Alexander Litvinenko was first taken to when he was fatally poisoned with polonium 210 in November 2006, before his condition deteriorated further and he was transferred.
Barnet Hospital is served directly by three Transport for London bus services, routes 263, 307 and 384. The closest Underground station is High Barnet, which is a 15-minute walk away.
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