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Chase Farm Hospital is a hospital in Enfield, north London, run by Barnet and Chase Farm NHS...

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Chase Farm Hospital is a hospital in Enfield, north London, run by Barnet and Chase Farm NHS Hospitals Trust as part of the UK National Health Service. The oldest part of the hospital (the "clock tower" building) was formerly part of a children's home. Newer buildings on the site include the Highlands Block, built in part replacement of the local Highlands Hospital which closed in 1993. The hospital's budget problems have given rise to fears that its Accident and Emergency Department may be closed, although no proposals to this end have ever been put forward by the hospital's management. On the back of this scare two candidates for the Save Chase Farm movement were elected to the local council in the local elections of May 2006. Apart from the acute hospital, the grounds also contain a general adult mental health unit managed by Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust, Chase Village (a home for the mentally handicapped and mentally ill), Kings Oak private hospital, a medium-secure psychiatric unit, and services by Enfield Primary Care NHS Trust. The site contains the North London Forensic Service, the forensic psychiatric service covering most of north London (also part of

Created by: Freebase Data Team Oct 24, 2006
Last edited by: Freebase Data Team Oct 24, 2006

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