The Fern Unit, located beside I T U, is the admission lounge for Barnet Hospital's elective surgical patients, which is run by the theatre recovery' staff.

Due to the same day admissions policy in Barnet the throughput has increased and looking after patient's medical notes had become rather a problem.

The Friends were asked to fund a mobile patient’s notes trolley similar to those used on the wards. An extra requirement was that the unit was lockable. A suitable item was purchased at a cost of £462.00.