Challenge over Chase Farm cuts
Enfield council is to mount a legal challenge over the closure of maternity and A&E units at Chase Farm that David Cameron once vowed to save.
Timetable of cuts for Chase Farm hospital
- The decision to close the services was made by members of the Barnet, Enfield and Haringey clinical commissioning groups
- Maternity and inpatient paediatric services will close on November 20 and the A&E department will shut on December 9
- Chase Farm will still operate an urgent care centre for minor injuries, burns or illness but this will not remain open overnight
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