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North Middlesex University Hospital

NHS hospital Run by Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust London

Address
North Middlesex Hospital, Sterling Way, London, N18 1QX
Phone
020 3758 2000 (Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust switchboard)
Directions
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Address from the Care Quality Commission; phone number from the NHS Organisation Data Service. Visiting times and parking differ between wards, so check with the hospital before you travel.

Waiting times

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust reports one set of waiting times for all its hospitals, including North Middlesex University Hospital. At the end of August 2026, half of its 137,947 patients waiting for planned treatment had waited less than 13.2 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.

SpecialtyMedian waitEngland medianWaiting
General surgery 20.9 wks 12.8 wks 4,391
Urology 14.5 wks 12.2 wks 9,684
Orthopaedics 16.4 wks 13.9 wks 9,609
Ear, nose and throat 16.8 wks 15.4 wks 9,112
Ophthalmology (eyes) 12.2 wks 10.4 wks 7,362
Oral surgery 15.6 wks 16.4 wks 5,055
Plastic surgery 13.7 wks 14.0 wks 3,274
General medicine 5.4 wks 10.2 wks 219
Gastroenterology 11.1 wks 11.0 wks 9,393
Cardiology (heart) 15.2 wks 11.9 wks 8,245
Dermatology (skin) 8.2 wks 10.5 wks 9,039
Respiratory medicine 11.4 wks 10.4 wks 5,655
Neurology 13.1 wks 13.2 wks 6,440
Rheumatology 15.5 wks 10.9 wks 3,450
Elderly medicine 3.6 wks 7.6 wks 202
Gynaecology 12.9 wks 14.2 wks 7,809
Other medical specialties 11.3 wks 10.7 wks 17,240
Other mental health 9.8 wks 8.4 wks 11
Other paediatric specialties 14.8 wks 12.3 wks 5,801
Other surgical specialties 13.9 wks 11.4 wks 14,902
Other services 13.6 wks 8.7 wks 1,054

More about waiting times at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

Care Quality Commission rating

North Middlesex University Hospital: Requires improvement. Published 16 May 2025. Read the CQC report

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust overall: Requires improvement. Published 10 May 2019.

Some ratings are several years old; the date shows when it was published. Source: Care Quality Commission.

A&E

In September 2026, 80.1% of the 45,096 people who went to A&E at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust's departments were admitted, transferred or discharged within four hours, against 74.4% across England. NHS England publishes this for the trust as a whole. A&E figures over the past year

In an emergency call 999. For urgent help that is not an emergency, use NHS 111.

Other NHS hospitals nearby

You can usually choose where to have planned NHS treatment. Hospitals run by other trusts, with each trust's median wait across all specialties:

HospitalDistanceTrust median wait
Whipps Cross University HospitalBarts Health NHS Trust 4.0 miles 12.5 wks
The Whittington HospitalWhittington Health NHS Trust 4.3 miles 11.6 wks
Homerton University HospitalHomerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust 4.5 miles 9.7 wks
Moorfields Eye HospitalMoorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 6.0 miles 7.7 wks
Great Ormond Street HospitalGreat Ormond Street Hospital For Children NHS Foundation Trust 6.6 miles 11.8 wks
The National Hospital For Neurology and NeurosurgeryUniversity College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 6.6 miles 12.0 wks

Straight-line distance. Waits differ a lot between specialties; search by treatment and postcode to compare the one you need.

Other hospitals run by Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust