The Royal Free in Hampstead and the Whittington Hospital in Archway. Pictures: PA
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With the NHS continuing to face unprecedented pressures and a second Covid surge imminent, in September health bosses decided to close the Royal Free s children s A&E department and move services to the Whittington.
In the months since then, doctors, MPs, councillors and campaign groups have questioned how the decision was reached - and criticised a lack of transparency from local NHS bosses.
With the government launching a consultation on a wider NHS restructure which will see more decisions made centrally and power given to new “integrated care systems” (ICS), here we look at how decisions have been made regarding north London’s hospitals.
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