About us
We are a large acute Trust, which came into being on 1st April 1999, following a merger of the former Chase Farm Hospitals and Wellhouse NHS Trusts. Most services are provided at our two hospitals, Barnet Hospital and Chase Farm Hospital, with others provided in four community hospitals managed by sister NHS organisations.
Our mission statement
Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust will continually strive to deliver excellent patient care, of which patients, the public and staff can be proud.
Our objectives
- We will provide safe, accessible and leading edge clinical care
- We will work with partners and other stakeholders to develop and deliver more integrated care in primary and community settings
- We will deliver excellent operational performance and patient outcomes
- Staff will be engaged in the success of the organisation
- We will continue to achieve financial security generating an annual surplus to reinvest in our services
Where we fit in
The following diagram illustrates how Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust fits into the NHS. We are one of over 600 NHS Trusts and a full list of these can be found at http://www.nhs.uk/Pages/homepage.aspx.
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Politicians |
Parliament Central Government Prime Minister Secretary of State for Health |
It is at this level that Members of Parliament vote to decide on major issues relating to the NHS, education, taxes etc.
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Civil Service |
Department of Health
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Their job is to develop policy for three main areas: - The NHS - Social care - Public Health |
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NHS |
NHS London the strategic health authority for London www.london.nhs.uk
Primary Care Trusts: Barnet www.barnet.nhs.uk Enfield www.enfield.nhs.uk Barnet and Enfield are part of the North Central cluster Hertfordshire
Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust www.bcf.nhs.uk
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Ten new Strategic Health Authorities were established in July 2006 to lead the local NHS areas identified as a result of "Commissioning a Patient-led NHS". NHS London is responsible for ensuring that the capital's health services deliver world-class care by: - developing and implementing a strategy for health and healthcare in London - holding local organisations to account for the quality of the care which they provide - ensuring capacity through the development of the workforce, technology and buildings.
Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) provide primary and community health services and also commission hospital services (from us) for the population they serve. Our main PCTs are Barnet and Enfield
We provide hospital services for more than half a million people in Barnet, Enfield and parts of southern Hertfordshire |
You can find the key national documents that govern the way the NHS is organised at the Department of Health website - http://www.dh.gov.uk/ - look in the publications section.
