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• Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine

  The Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine (RLHIM) is a centre for evidence-based practice, education and research, specialising in chronic and complex medical conditions. Our mission is to provide a person-centred, holistic approach, including self-care, in order to help people with chronic and complex medical conditions live well and feel better. Our approach considers the whole person and their environment in the quest for optimal health and wellbeing. In order to achieve this, we provide a combination of lifestyle strategies, medical, physical and psychological treatment, as well as advice on safe and appropriate use of complementary therapies. We also deliver and encourage self-care approaches which can continue to be used by patients after discharge. All RLHIM services are outpatient-based and are staffed by experienced healthcare professionals.

• National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery

  The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (NHNN), Queen Square, is the UK's largest dedicated neurological and neurosurgical hospital. It provides comprehensive services for the diagnosis, treatment and care of all conditions that affect the brain, spinal cord, peripheral nervous system and muscles. Services include specialist neurosurgery, a brain tumour unit, the Hyper-acute Stroke Unit (HASU), an acute brain injury unit, the National Prion Clinic, a pioneering neuro-rehabilitation unit, the UK's first interventional MRI scanner, the largest specialised neurosurgical ITU and the only neuromedical ITU in the country. Together with its neighbour, the UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, it is a major international centre for research and training.

• National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery at Cleveland Street

  The National Hospital for Neurosurgery at Cleveland Street opened its doors to patients on 4 April 2016. This brand new centre was developed to provide a new home for our Pain Management Centre, a nationally recognized centre of excellence for people with longstanding pain. Set over two floors the centre has group rooms and consulting clinic rooms as well as procedure rooms.Some multiple sclerosis clinics and outpatient appointments for the National Prion Clinic are also held at the centre.

• UCH shortlisted for Patient Experience Network National Award

  UCH Chemotherapy Daycare and the Macmillan Support and Information Service are shortlisted for a Patient Experience Network National Award for the use of data from the Cancer Patient Experience Survey to improve patient experience.

• UCLH clinician scientist wins major international prize for pioneering tumour research

  A UCLH clinician scientist has won a prestigious international award for his groundbreaking work on how tumours evolve, which is helping to explain why cancer treatments sometimes fail and paving the way for more precise, personalised therapies.

• UCLH stroke team collaboration with the London Ambulance Service wins award

  The video-assisted stroke triage project, developed by the UCLH stroke service in partnership London Ambulance Service (LAS) has won the HSJ Patient Safety Award for Clinical Governance & Risk Management in Patient Safety.

• Staff and patients delighted with the newly refurbished Neurorehabilitation Unit

  The Neurorehabilitation Unit (NRU) at The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (NHNN) has been refurbished with funding from The National Brain Appeal to provide new facilities and additional space, transforming it into a more therapeutic environment.

• World-first CJD treatment shows promising early results

  A world-first treatment for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) has shown “very encouraging” early results following its use in six patients at University College London Hospitals (UCLH) NHS Foundation Trust.

• UCLH to be part of vital health data partnership

  UCLH is to work in partnership with University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust in a major digital health initiative in which researchers use data collected in acute care settings to improve patient care.

• Temporomandibular Joint Disorders: Advice for patients with face and jaw muscle pain

  This page has been created by the Oral Surgery department at the Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals for patients with a condition which causes painful muscles in the jaw and face. This condition is also known as “Temporomandibular Disorder” or “Myofascial Pain”.