North Middlesex University Hospital
Enfield councils are discussing improvements to North Middlesex University Hospital's maternity service CQC rating.
North Middlesex University Hospital's maternity service, a key healthcare provider in Enfield, was rated 'Requires Improvement' by the Care Quality Commission in March 2026. This followed an update to Enfield's Healthy and Safe Communities Scrutiny Panel on 18 March 2026, where the Director of Midwifery and Gynaecology Nursing presented progress after critical inspections.
This 'Requires Improvement' rating in March 2026 marked an improvement from an 'inadequate' rating in September 2025, which followed a December 2024 CQC inspection. Separately, in December 2025, Enfield's Mayor selected the Royal Free Charity's North Mid Red Cell Services Fund as a beneficiary for her 2025-26 Mayoral Charity Appeal Fund.
Enfield's Health and Wellbeing Board was scheduled to discuss health and wellbeing topics in September 2026, which would include the hospital. The North Middlesex University Hospital, a district general hospital in Edmonton, merged into the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust in January 2025.
Key facts
- North Middlesex Hospital's maternity service was rated 'Requires Improvement' by the CQC in March 2026. Source
- Enfield's Healthy and Safe Communities Scrutiny Panel received an update on the maternity service on 18 March 2026. Source
- Enfield's Mayor selected the Royal Free Charity's North Mid Red Cell Services Fund as a charity beneficiary for 2025-26 in December 2025. Source
- The hospital's Maternity Service remained 'inadequate' following a CQC inspection in December 2024. Source
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