University 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

• 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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