Barnet Hospital is a

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situated in

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, in

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. It is managed by the

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Overview

The original hospital on the site was the Wellhouse Hospital which was opened by

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, in November 1920. It was renamed Barnet General Hospital in 1950. The rebuilding of the hospital was procured under a

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contract in 1999. The works were designed by the

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and carried out by

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at a cost of £54 million. They were completed in February 2002 and the new facilities were opened by

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in February 2003. Barnet General Hospital became Barnet Hospital at that time. 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. Since July 2014, the hospital has been part of the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust along with

Chase Farm Hospital Chase Farm Hospital is a hospital in The Ridgeway, in Gordon Hill, Enfield, run by the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. History The hospital has its origins in a Poor Law orphanage established in 1886. The oldest part of the hospital, ...

Transport links

Barnet Hospital is served by

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routes 107,

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, school routes

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, 634, night route N20 and non-TfL route

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. The closest

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station is

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, which is a 15-minute walk away. On site parking has been highlighted by

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as having the highest minimum charge in the country.

CQC evaluation

The

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rated Barnet General Hospital as "good" overall in August 2016. The findings of the report are summarised in the table below:

Abuse inquiries

In November 2013, the Health Secretary

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announced that Barnet Hospital was being investigated in relation to the

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. 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.

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