| 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 |
| Lists | Hospitals in England |
Barnet Hospital is adistrict general hospital situated inBarnet, inNorth London. It is managed by theRoyal 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 theprivate finance initiative in the late 20th century. The new facility, which offers a complete range of services, was built byBouygues 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 theJimmy Savile sexual abuse scandal in 2023.
The original hospital on the site was the Wellhouse Hospital which was opened byViscount Hampden, theLord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire, in November 1920.[2] It was renamed Barnet General Hospital in 1950.[2]
The rebuilding of the hospital was procured under aPrivate Finance Initiative contract in 1999. The works were designed by thePercy Thomas Partnership[3] and carried out byBouygues[1] at a cost of £54 million.[4] They were completed in February 2002[5] and the new facilities were opened bythe 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 withChase Farm Hospital.[7]
Barnet Hospital is served byLondon Buses routes107,263,307,384, school routes606,634, night routeN20 and non-TfL route614.[8] The closestUnderground station isHigh Barnet, which is a 25-minute walk away.[9] On site parking has been highlighted byWhich? as having the highest minimum charge in the country.[10]
TheCare 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 |
In November 2013, the Health SecretaryJeremy Hunt announced that Barnet Hospital was being investigated in relation to theJimmy 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]