University College London Hospitals (UCLH) operate the Hyper-Acute Stroke Unit (HASU) for North Central London at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (NHNN). The HASU acts as the receiving centre for patients presenting with a Stroke in all of North Central London. HASUs bring experts and equipment under one roof to provide world-class treatment 24 hours a day, reducing death rates and long-term disability. 

UCLH also operate the Pre-Hospital Video Triage (PVT) service for stroke across all of London. Paramedic crews assessing a potential stroke will contact the stroke specialists at UCLH to assess the case and advise the most appropriate destination.

The HASU includes:

• rapid assessment, patients will arrive at the hospital Emergency Stroke Unit and be rapidly assessed by the specialist team at the earliest opportunity
• early treatment, using clot-busting drugs (thrombolysis) and clot removal (thrombectomy), if the scan shows they are needed
• 24 hours a day, seven days a week monitoring and physiological intervention in a high-dependency bed
• a multi-disciplinary specialist team on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week. This includes consultant neurologists, neurosurgeons, interventional radiologists, specialist nurses and therapists
• smooth transfer of care to onward hospitals (if needed).

Patient and GP enquiries

• 020 3448 3416
• 020 3448 3924
• uclh.stroke@nhs.net

Other information

• HASU Ward Sister/Charge nurse
  t: 020 3448 3235 and 020 3448 4708
• Stroke Advanced Nurse Practitioner
  e: uclh.hasuesunp@nhs.net
• Lead Stroke Research Practitioner
  t: 020 3108 7705 / 07904 674 641

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