North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust
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| North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust | |
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| Type | NHS trust |
| Established | 17 December 1990 |
| Headquarters | Edmonton, London, England |
| Hospitals | North Middlesex University Hospital |
| Chair | Mark Lam |
| Chief executive | Nnenna Osuji |
| Staff | 4,068 WTE (2023)[1] |
| Website | www |
North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust was an NHS trust which runs North Middlesex University Hospital in Edmonton, London and community services in Enfield. The trust serves more than 350,000 people living in the London boroughs of Enfield and Haringey, as well as the nearby boroughs of Barnet and Waltham Forest.[2]
As of 1 January 2025, it merged into the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.[3]
North Middlesex had worked closely with the Royal Free, and although the board voted against full membership of the Royal Free London group in October 2018,[4] plans remained on the table for a full merger between the trusts.[5]
The Trust provides a full range of adult, elderly and children's services across medical and surgical disciplines. Its specialist services include stroke, HIV/AIDS, cardiology (including heart failure care), haematology, diabetes, sleep studies, fertility and orthopaedics. Its sickle cell and thalassaemia department is nationally recognised as a leading centre for these diseases.
The trust was established as the North Middlesex Hospital NHS Trust on 17 December 1990, and became operational on 1 April 1991.[6] It took its current name on 31 July 2001.[7]
On 1 April 2023, the Trust welcomed over 600 new staff following the transfer of Enfield Community Services for a neighbouring Trust; the additional teams include district nurses, community matrons, community physiotherapists, psychologists and many more across a wide range of adult and children’s community services in Enfield.
Staffing
Dr Nnenna Osuji took over as Chief Executive in July 2021 following the departure of Maria Kane OBE in April 2021.[8] Elizabeth McManus, who was chief executive before Maria Kane, resigned in 2017.[9]
The trust has had serious problems with its accident and emergency service failing to meet the Four Hour Emergency Target since 2016, and so had difficulty recruiting senior staff. The General Medical Council and Health Education England considered removing junior doctors from the A&E. It had the poorest A&E waiting times in London with only seven of the 15 consultant posts and seven of 13 middle-grade emergency posts filled.[10] In October 2018 it succeeded in recruiting a substantive chief operating officer from Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust and Emma Whicher, NHS Improvement’s London medical director to be its medical director.[11]