One option would have transformed Chase Farm to a 'community hospital' with inpatient and major emergency care transferred to Barnet.

[3] The proposals were intended to maximise clinical effectiveness given limited human and financial resources; however, they also predicated a substantial investment in community health provision (which never came to pass).

[4][5] Since 2014 the hospital has been part of the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

The Trust discovered a large backlog of patients waiting for elective treatment that year.

1,541 patients were sent to private providers since July 2014, predominantly for endoscopy and ear, nose and throat treatments.