Editing London Borough of Barnet (section)

==Public services==
===Health===
Barnet Clinical Commissioning Group commissions NHS services for Barnet residents. Health care providers active within Barnet include the [[Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust]], which runs [[Barnet Hospital]], [[Chase Farm Hospital]] and some clinics at Edgware Community Hospital, and [[Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust]], which runs Finchley Memorial Hospital and other services at Edgware Community Hospital.

===Emergency services===
The [[London Ambulance Service]] responds to [[medical emergency|medical emergencies]] in the area. [[Home Office]] policing in the borough is provided by the [[Metropolitan Police Service]]. There are two police stations in the borough at: Colindale and Barnet. Though only Colindale is open to the public. The [[Peel Centre]] at Hendon is the Metropolitan Police College.

[[Fire service in the United Kingdom|Statutory emergency fire service]] is provided by the [[London Fire Brigade]]. There are four fire stations that operate in the Borough of Barnet. These are mobilised to protect around 330,000 people. The main risks identified in the borough include [[Brent Cross Shopping Centre]], [[Coppetts Wood Hospital]] and [[Barnet Hospital]]. Between the four stations; six pumping appliances, One Operational Support Unit and a High Volume Pump are operated.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.london-fire.gov.uk/about_us/media/Barnet.pdf/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071005231440/http://www.london-fire.gov.uk/about_us/media/Barnet.pdf|url-status=dead|title=London Fire Brigade - Barnet Profile|archive-date=5 October 2007}}</ref>

===Education===
{{Main|List of schools in the London Borough of Barnet}}
The London Borough of Barnet has 86 primary schools, 22 secondary schools and four special schools. [[Woodhouse College]] is a single site state sixth form college in [[North Finchley]]. The main college in the borough is [[Barnet College]], with five sites.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.barnet.gov.uk/index/education-learning/schools-colleges.htm |title=Schools and Colleges |publisher=Barnet Council |access-date=8 February 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091001142734/http://www.barnet.gov.uk/index/education-learning/schools-colleges.htm |archive-date=1 October 2009 }}</ref> [[Middlesex University]] has its main campus at Hendon. [[University College London]] has its [[University of London Observatory|teaching observatory]] at Mill Hill.

===Libraries===
{{Further|List of libraries in Barnet|Barnet parks and open spaces|Nature reserves in Barnet}}
There are 15 council-run libraries in the London Borough of Barnet, mobile library and home library services, and a local studies and archives library.<ref name=barnet>[http://www.barnet.gov.uk/index/leisure-culture/libraries/library-facilities-incl-location-opening-hours-.htm Local libraries in Barnet] accessed 26 July 2007  {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071117075435/http://www.barnet.gov.uk/index/leisure-culture/libraries/library-facilities-incl-location-opening-hours-.htm |date=17 November 2007 }}</ref>