St Mark's Hospital

St Mark's Hospital, The National Bowel Hospital
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
St Mark's Hospital
Location within Brent
Geography
Location	Acton Lane, London NW10 7NS, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Coordinates	51°31′51.879″N 0°16′8.718″W / 51.53107750°N 0.26908833°W / 51.53107750; -0.26908833
Organisation
Care system	Public NHS
Type	Specialist
Affiliated university	Imperial College London
Services
Emergency department	No Accident & Emergency
Beds	<40
Speciality	Intestinal and Colorectal medicine
History
Opened	1835; 189 years ago (1835)
Links
Website	www.stmarkshospital.nhs.uk
Lists	Hospitals in England

St Mark's Hospital, The National Bowel Hospital (informally St Mark's) is a hospital in Park Royal, Greater London, England. Managed by London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust, it is the only hospital in the world to specialise entirely in intestinal and colorectal medicine and is a national and international referral centre for intestinal and colorectal disorders.^[1] It is the only hospital in the UK, and one of only 14 worldwide, to be recognised as a centre of excellence by the World Organisation of Digestive Endoscopy.^[2]

The Main Hospital is at the Central Middlesex site in Acton Lane, London, located in the most southerly part of the London Borough of Brent. It has two other hubs, one is St Mark's at Northwick Park situated within Northwick Park Hospital in Harrow and the other is St Mark's at Ealing situated within Ealing Hospital. St Mark's is closely associated with Imperial College London and is a major centre for teaching and research.