An MP has called for a debate over “mismanagement of the NHS” after revelations over substandard casualty care in the borough.

Joan Ryan, member of parliament for Enfield North, said in the commons on Thursday, 4 February that the closure of A&E at Chase Farm Hospital in 2013 had put huge pressure on other hospitals with casualty departments – Barnet Hospital and North Middlesex University Hospital – which meant people in Enfield were in some cases having to wait four or more hours to be seen.

It was revealed in the Enfield Independent last week that a patient had died in the emergency department of North Mid despite being checked on by casualty staff. A CCG report blamed “serious failings of management and care” for the death.

MP Ryan said: “I am very concerned that local Accident and Emergency departments are under such pressure. Given the figures currently available do not even account for the winter months – when admittances to A&E are often at their highest – we are likely to see the situation get even worse.

“This is unacceptable as Enfield residents were already badly let down by the closure of Chase Farm’s A&E in 2013.

“I will be writing to the Royal Free London Trust for a breakdown of their A&E attendances and emergency figures so that we can learn how many patients at Barnet Hospital are having to wait more than four hours for treatment.”

In the three months to November 2015, both the Royal Free London Trust (which includes Barnet Hospital) and North Middlesex University Hospital Trust missed the 95 per cent NHS target for patients being treated or admitted within four hours of arriving at A&E.

At North Mid, only 77.3 per cent of patients had been seen before four hours had elapsed, leaving 3,306 patients waiting more than four hours to be seen, according to Ms Ryan.