We are thrilled to announce that North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust (North Mid) will become part of the Royal Free London group on 1 January 2025, after the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care approved our merger.

While there will be no significant changes from day one for our patients, this marks the beginning of a new chapter for both organisations, enabling us to go further and faster in improving services for our patients, delivering more opportunities for staff and enabling better, fairer health for our local communities.

North Mid and its community services will join the Royal Free London group alongside Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, and the Royal Free Hospital. 

All our hospitals will continue to provide the same local services. At North Mid, these include A&E, maternity, intensive care, paediatrics, acute surgery, acute medicine and community services. 

North Mid has been a clinical partner with the Royal Free London group since 2017 and we have been in a formal partnership since 2021. Our experience has shown that we can achieve more together than we can apart, delivering better care for local people and more opportunities for our staff.

By coming together as one, we expect to be able to deliver:

  • reduced waiting times
  • improved access to specialist care locally
  • better joined-up community services
  • greater opportunities to benefit from the latest medical research and trials of new treatments
  • more coordinated action to help people stay healthy, with screening and early intervention services tailored to our different communities

Read more about our merger.