Visitors to Chase Farm Hospital's Open Day on 10 July were able to join in a celebration of the future and present of health services carried out on this site, thanks to a unique mix of displays and stands that made use of both the glorious summer weather and the...

The Garden Room, a King's Fund Enhancing the Healing Environment project, which is due to open in September was previewed to the public at Barnet Hospital Open Day on Saturday 3 July.

Members of the public are invited to attend the Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals' Open Days on 3 July (Barnet Hospital) and 10 July (Chase Farm Hospital). The brightest and the best of our Trust services will be on display at the Open Days, which run between 1pm and 4pm....

The Trust held its first resuscitation council neonatal advanced life support (NLS) course in the Ottowa Training Centre, Chase Farm Hospital on 4 June. As this was its first such course there was a member of the resuscitation council present to formally assess them as a course centre. The Trust...

Trust receives Runner-Up award at prestigious Human Resources Management ceremony, as the ‘Big Conversation' series of events comes to a close.

Pam St Clement attends celebration event for North London Breast Screening Service

A nurse at Barnet Hospital's Day Surgery Unit has been putting a little glitz into her career by working as a technical advisor on the BBC's long-running medical drama Holby City.

Over 30 volunteers employed across both sites were individually thanked for their efforts, ranging from 5 years to nearly 60 years of service, at an awards ceremony in Barnet Hospital this month.

The first chance to see the beautiful new Garden Room at Barnet Hospital will be on the afternoon of Saturday 3 July. The project team will be proudly showing off the room as part of Barnet Hospital Open Day celebrations. The Garden Room has been specially designed and built with the...

June is Everyman Male Cancer Awareness Month, which is focused on increasing awareness and funding for research into prostate and testicular cancer. The Trust is pleased its own efforts in these services are progressing nicely with the continued use of the da Vinci Robot, which has been used by our...

Local awareness of the da Vinci Robot Fundraising Appeal is rising in the community, thanks to word of mouth and early buzz surrounding the upcoming 5k Fun Run/Walk on 3 October. Proceeds from these events will be donated to the appeal, which has now crossed the £100,000 mark.

Theatre staff at Chase Farm Hospital were treated to a recent visit by Alex Mottrie, a leading European Urological Surgeon from Belgium.

43 teams across the Trust are taking on the world in the Global Corporate Challenge (GCC). From now until 9 September 2010, the teams of 7 are wearing pedometers throughout their daily routine and recording their steps online, watching as they trek across well-known locations on a virtual globe. ...

Nurses across both sites of the Trust pledged to practice a new set of guidelines on 12 May 2010...International Nurses Day. The day was marked around the world to celebrate the birthday of Florence Nightingale, and commemorates 100 years since her death. In that time, the nursing profession has evolved...

The Appointments Commission has appointed two new Non Executive Directors to Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust - Mr Tony Chanmugam and Ms Fiona Bulmer.  Mr Chanmugam was appointed from 1 April 2010 and Ms Bulmer joins the Trust on 10 May 2010.  Both have been appointed for a...

Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust has lifted the visiting restrictions put in place during February, March and April 2010. However, it is still very important that people who have been unwell with diarrhoea and/or vomiting do not visit the hospital until have been free of symptoms for more...

A group of staff from across the Trust were recently given an awareness session on the dangers of domestic violence and how it can impact on their patients' health. The Government defines domestic violence as: "Any incident of threatening behaviour, violence or abuse (psychological, physical, sexual, financial or emotional) between...

Health services around the country are currently marking Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week. MS is a lifelong disease that affects the brain and spinal cord, causing symptoms such as visual disturbances, mobility problems and many others. MS is usually diagnosed when people are in their twenties and thirties, and it is...

Easter services are taking place in the Prayer Room at Barnet Hospital on Good Friday, 2 April, at 11.15am Prayer Room, Barnet Hospital and on Easter Sunday, 4 April, at 3.30pm. If patients at Barnet Hospital would like to receive Holy Communion at Easter by their bedsides please call 020...

The next chapter in advanced surgical treatments officially began on 24 March at Greenfield Restaurant, Chase Farm Hospital, where a number of VIPs - including politicians and prominent local businessmen - attended a ceremony marking the launch of the da Vinci Robot Fundraising Appeal.