View plans for Chase Farm Hospital site

The plans can be viewed at the council offices before this and comments or objections registered by residents.

The site has been split into three parcels of land, one third for NHS use, the other two thirds are mainly for mixed housing, with a smaller site for a three-entry junior school.

Much of the hospital site is to be demolished and on the new allocated land, flat roofed prefabricated hospital buildings, which I describe as pods, will be assembled off site and stacked on site to four stories high in a graduated staircase fashion, the largest at the bottom which will allow extra pods to be added as needed, like an added theatre, or toilet and there will be areas of space on the site undeveloped for possible future use.

We were assured that there is no possibility of the A&E returning to Chase Farm or the consultant-led maternity and children’s services. There will be an assessment area for the elderly and children, but the qualification of staff to do this, I am unaware of.

There will be an urgent care centre manned by GPs and nurses, and a possible GP surgery supplied by Enfield’s GP Clinical Commissioning Group.

There will be outpatient clinics and an elective care unit, which will carry out straightforward operations only, like hernia, hip and knee operations. There will also be a maternity unit, but this will only be an outpatient service, not a midwife birthing unit.

I was disappointed that the meeting for local residents was not advertised in the press because hospital facilities affect us all, not just the surrounding properties.

For any questions you may have or dates of future meetings, email rf.cfhstakeholders@nhs.net Amongst concerns are prefabricated buildings, which can be assembled and demolished quickly, and Alternative Provider Medical Services (APMS), which could mean letting the private sector provide some of the NHS services.

Ivy Beard

Littlebrook Gdns, Cheshunt