| University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street | |
|---|---|
| University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | |
 University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street in March 2015 | |
  Location within Westminster | |
| Geography | |
| Location | London, United Kingdom |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | NHS England |
| Type | Teaching |
| Affiliated university | University College London |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | No Accident & Emergency |
| Beds | 95[1] |
| Speciality | Thoracic surgery and urology services |
| History | |
| Opened | 1857[2] |
| Links | |
| Website | University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Lists | Hospitals in the United Kingdom |
University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street, named The Heart Hospital until refurbished and renamed in 2015,[3][4] was a specialist cardiac hospital located in London, United Kingdom until 2015. It is part of the University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and is closely associated with University College London (UCL).[5] After the 2015 refurbishment, the hospital now provides thoracic surgery and urology services.[3]
Before the 2015 refurbishment, the Heart Hospital conducted over 1,000 surgical heart operations each year, had 95 in-patient beds, and was one of the largest cardiac centres in the UK.[5] It treated around 1,700 new outpatients, 5,500 follow-up outpatients and 1,200 inpatients each year.[5] It was a centre for cardiac research, home to the UCL Centre for Cardiology in the Young, and part of the UCLH/UCL Biomedical Research Centre and the UCL Partners academic health science centre.[6][7][8]
- ^ "NHS buys private heart hospital". BBC News. 8 August 2001. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
- ^ "UCLH trust chronology". University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Archived from the original on 11 April 2009. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
- ^ a b "University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street (formerly the Heart Hospital)". Uclh.nhs.uk. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
- ^ UCLH Web site: Refurbishment of the Heart Hospital, 18 May 2015, retrieved 15 September 2015 "The Heart Hospital is being refurbished and will reopen at the beginning of the summer to provide thoracic surgery and urology services ... it will be called University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street. "
- ^ a b c "The Heart Hospital". University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
- ^ "Centre for Cardiology in the Young". University College London. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
- ^ "Home". UCLH/UCL Comprehensive Biomedical Research Centre. Archived from the original on 25 August 2010. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
- ^ "About us". UCL Partners. Archived from the original on 10 September 2010. Retrieved 18 September 2010.