Chase Farm Hospital
Address and phone number
- Address
- The Ridgeway, Enfield, EN2 8JL
- Phone
- 020 3758 2000 (Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust switchboard)
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 Chase Farm 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.
| Specialty | Median wait | Waiting |
|---|---|---|
| General surgery | 20.9 wks | 4,391 |
| Urology | 14.5 wks | 9,684 |
| Orthopaedics | 16.4 wks | 9,609 |
| Ear, nose and throat | 16.8 wks | 9,112 |
| Ophthalmology (eyes) | 12.2 wks | 7,362 |
| Oral surgery | 15.6 wks | 5,055 |
| Plastic surgery | 13.7 wks | 3,274 |
| General medicine | 5.4 wks | 219 |
| Gastroenterology | 11.1 wks | 9,393 |
| Cardiology (heart) | 15.2 wks | 8,245 |
| Dermatology (skin) | 8.2 wks | 9,039 |
| Respiratory medicine | 11.4 wks | 5,655 |
| Neurology | 13.1 wks | 6,440 |
| Rheumatology | 15.5 wks | 3,450 |
| Elderly medicine | 3.6 wks | 202 |
| Gynaecology | 12.9 wks | 7,809 |
| Other medical specialties | 11.3 wks | 17,240 |
| Other mental health | 9.8 wks | 11 |
| Other paediatric specialties | 14.8 wks | 5,801 |
| Other surgical specialties | 13.9 wks | 14,902 |
| Other services | 13.6 wks | 1,054 |
More about waiting times at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Care Quality Commission rating
Chase Farm Hospital: Good. Published 10 May 2019. Read the CQC report (opens in a new tab)
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 (opens in a new tab).
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:
| Hospital | Distance | Trust median wait |
|---|---|---|
| The Whittington HospitalWhittington Health NHS Trust | 7.1 miles | 11.6 wks |
| Whipps Cross University HospitalBarts Health NHS Trust | 7.6 miles | 12.5 wks |
| Homerton University HospitalHomerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust | 8.4 miles | 9.7 wks |
| Queen Elizabeth Ii HospitalEast and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust | 8.8 miles | 12.1 wks |
| The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (Stanmore)Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust | 9.2 miles | 8.9 wks |
| Moorfields Eye HospitalMoorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | 9.6 miles | 7.7 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
- Barnet General Hospital, Barnet
- North Middlesex University Hospital, London
- The Royal Free Hospital, London