NHNN is the world's first hospital to specialise in neurosciences, with an international reputation and a long history of doing so. Newsweek recently rated NHNN as one of the "World's greatest specialised hospitals."
The biggest dedicated neurological and neurosurgical hospital
The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (NHNN) is the UK's biggest dedicated neurological and neurosurgical hospital. It offers comprehensive services for the diagnosis, treatment, and management of all brain, spinal cord, peripheral nervous system and muscular disorders including arteriovenous malformations (AVMs). The Queen Square Radiosurgery Centre (QSRC) was founded in 2012, and then in 2020 became part of the international Amethyst Group.
Brain tumour centre of excellence
NHNN is the world's first hospital to specialise in neurosciences, with an international reputation and a long history of doing so. Newsweek recently rated NHNN as one of the "World's greatest specialised hospitals."
Biggest dedicated neurological and neurosurgical hospital
NHNN is the UK's biggest dedicated neurological and neurosurgical hospital. It offers comprehensive services for the diagnosis, treatment, and management of all brain, spinal cord, peripheral nervous system, and muscular disorders.
NHNN specialise in treating the following neurological conditions:
- AVMs and tumours requiring GammaKnife,
- brain tumour unit,
- Hyper-acute Stroke Unit (HASU),
- 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 neuro-medical ITU in the UK
Management of brain tumours, by our experts
The hospital forms a major centre of excellence for neuroscience teaching, training, and research. Queen's Square is home to four of the world's top twelve most referenced writers in Neurosciences and Behaviour. The Institute, as part of the Faculty of Brain Sciences, is the highest rated UK institution for neuroscience research output, with its own Nobel Laureate, according to the most current research assessment exercise. UCL has 29 Nobel Laureates among its ranks.
Queen Square Radiosurgery Centre National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (NHNN) Consultants
