Unique partnership with North Middlesex Hospital recognised in prestigious healthcare industry awards

The Club’s unique partnership with North Middlesex University Hospital during the pandemic has been shortlisted for the innovative use of the built environment in support of healthcare at the HSJ Awards.

Known within the industry as the ‘NHS Oscars’, the HSJ Awards celebrate healthcare excellence within the UK and will be celebrated virtually in March, 2021.

During these extraordinary times, we reached out to offer use of the stadium’s world-class facilities to assist our local hospital in its fight against COVID-19.

Between April 14 and the end of July, 2020, the stadium hosted North Middlesex’s Women’s Outpatient Services, more than 41,000 appointments delivered.

Familiar areas – including the NFL Away dressing room area, flash interview rooms and our Media Café – were transformed for clinical use, assisting the redirection of pregnant women away from the main hospital during the pandemic, as well as freeing up capacity to treat COVID-19 patients.

Drive-through COVID-19 testing, offered within the stadium’s basement car park, continues to this day on an appointment basis.

Daniel Levy, Chairman, Tottenham Hotspur, said: “We are delighted that our unique partnership with North Middlesex University Hospital has been recognised within the healthcare industry and extremely proud of how successful the transferral of clinical services to our stadium has been during these unprecedented times.

“Our multi-use stadium sits at the very heart of its community, and we reached out immediately to offer use of its world-class facilities in assisting our wonderful NHS in tackling the pandemic.

“Seeing our stadium brought to life by hard-working hospital staff and hundreds of patients coming through our doors every day when no football was being played is something that gave inspiration to us all during a difficult period.”

Maria Kane, Chief Executive, North Middlesex University Hospital, added: “It’s hard to express how grateful we are to Tottenham Hotspur, and how much of a positive impact the Club’s generosity has had on local health services during this pandemic.

“North Mid was one of the first hospitals in England to experience the huge impact of COVID-19, and it’s completely natural that women were concerned about coming for antenatal clinics and other maternity appointments – by mid-March, more than one in seven of our women’s outpatient appointments resulted in a patient not attending.

“By transferring these services to the fantastic Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, which was both a spacious and welcoming location, as well separate from our main hospital site, we were able to reassure local people how important it is for our services to be safe so they could have the confidence they needed to continue to get the care they deserve.

“Our relationship with Tottenham Hotspur remains incredibly strong, and it’s wonderful to see two such important organisations locally work so well together for the genuine benefit of the local community. On behalf of North Mid’s patients, staff and local community, I would like to say a massive thank you to everyone at Tottenham Hotspur, especially Daniel Levy, for their selfless hard work in making this partnership so beneficial for our shared local population.”