The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (informally the National Hospital or Queen Square) is a neurological hospital in Queen Square,

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. It is part of the University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. It was the first hospital to be established in

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dedicated exclusively to treating the diseases of the

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. It is closely associated with

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(UCL) and in partnership with the UCL Institute of Neurology, which occupies the same site, is a major centre for neuroscience research.

History

The hospital was founded by Johanna Chandler as the National Hospital for the Paralysed and Epileptic at Queen Square in 1859. The hospital was completely rebuilt in the early 1880s: the East Wing was re-opened by Princess Helena in 1881 and the West Wing was re-opened by the

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in 1885. In 1904, it adopted the name National Hospital for the Relief and Cure of the Paralysed and Epileptic. The hospital served as a section of the First London General Hospital during the

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and was renamed the National Hospital, Queen Square, for the Relief and Cure of Diseases of the Nervous System including Paralysis and Epilepsy by supplementary Royal Charter in 1926. The Queen Mary Wing was opened by Queen Mary in July 1938. During the

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the hospital was badly damaged by German bombing. The hospital merged with the Maida Vale Hospital for Diseases of the Nervous System (founded by

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as the London Infirmary for Epilepsy and Paralysis in 1866) in 1948, becoming the National Hospital for Nervous Diseases. The current name came into use in 1990. The hospital became part of University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in 1996.

Services

The hospital includes 244 in-patient beds, and has nine operating theatres (including two angiography theatres). The neurology wards are named

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and

David Ferrier Sir David Ferrier FRS (13 January 1843 – 19 March 1928) was a pioneering Scottish neurologist and psychologist. Ferrier conducted experiments on the brains of animals such as monkeys and in 1881 became the first scientist to be prosecuted ...

; the neurosurgical wards are named Victor Horsley,

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and Lady Ann Allerton. Nuffield ward accommodates private medical and surgical inpatients. There are neurological and neurosurgical intensive care units in the hospital. The two inpatient rehabilitation units are the Albany Rehabilitation Unit and Neurorehabilitation Unit. The main outpatient department is named in memory of Basil Samuels.

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The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
{{authority control Buildings and structures in Bloomsbury Health in the London Borough of Camden Hospital buildings completed in 1859 Neurology organizations NHS hospitals in London 1859 establishments in England Specialist hospitals in England University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Voluntary hospitals

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