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Hyper-Acute Stroke Unit: UCLH
HaringeyCamdenUniversity College Hospital is one of only eight centres in London that has a Hyper-acute Stroke Unit or a HASU as they are known. HASUs bring experts and equipment under one roof to provide world-class treatment 24 hours a day, reducing death rates and long-term disability. The HASU at University College Hospital admits acute stroke patients from across North Central London.
The HASU includes:
- Rapid assessment: our 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), 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
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 - General Manager: David Chal
e: david.chal@nhs.net
How to Refer
EMIS form
Referral methods: Email
Complete the Transient Ischaemic Attack Referral - UCLH form and email to UCLH.tianeuroclinic@nhs.net
Where to find the form
- Barnet: BAR Global Documents > Referral Forms folder
- Camden: The referral form is in the CAM Global folder. Please use the EMIS Search to find it
- Enfield: ENF Global Documents > Stroke - TIA folder
- Haringey: HAR Global Documents > Stroke - TIA folder
- Islington: ISL Global Documents > Stroke & TIA
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Review date: Tuesday, 21 October 2025