The Royal Free London Foundation Trust is the organisation that runs some of our local hospitals including Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital as well as North Middlesex University Hospital. They have release the following statement with regards to the upcoming resident doctors industrial action. The key message is that you should attend any appointments as usual unless you are informed otherwise.
Resident doctors at the Royal Free London — previously known as junior doctors — are due to take part in a strike across five days from 7am on Friday 25 July until 7am on Wednesday 30 July.
This industrial action will impact all our hospitals — Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and the Royal Free Hospital. Please be assured we are working hard to ensure we minimise disruption to services.
Emergency care and acute services will be prioritised, and patients seeking urgent treatment will be seen. However, where appropriate, please use other non-hospital services for advice and treatment during this period of industrial action, such as:
-NHS 111: www.111.nhs.uk or call 111
-GP practices (they will continue to be open during the strike)
-walk-in centres
-pharmacies
If you have an outpatient appointment or a procedure with us, you will be contacted directly if this needs to be rescheduled. Please attend as normal if you don’t hear from us.
If there are any further updates, these will be published on the Trust website: https://www.royalfree.nhs.uk/news/july-strike-action-resident-doctors
Information for the wider public from NHS England can be found here: https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/information-for-the-public-on-industrial-action/