Barnet General Hospital

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.OverviewBarnet 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