CaRi-heart technology
Revolutionary new technology to assess the risk of a serious heart condition or heart attack – many years before anything happens.
Rapid access to cardiac specialists
- Dedicated referral number for GPs and consultants
- Patients seen in as little as 24 hours
- Diagnostic results in as little as 48 hours
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CARDIAC REFERRALS
Seamless referrals, fast access to expert care
We’re the UK’s No.1 provider of private cardiovascular and thoracic care. With more than 250 expert consultants, same-day access to diagnostics, and referrals seen in as little as 24 hours, we deliver the outcomes your patients deserve.
Your patients will get a comprehensive, consultant-led approach across all cardiac subspecialties, backed by unmatched clinical governance and infrastructure.
Your patients will get a comprehensive, consultant-led approach across all cardiac subspecialties, backed by unmatched clinical governance and infrastructure.
99%overall cardiac surgery survival rate (2022–2024)
97%of patients would recommend our cardiac consultants
109,000+patients cared for over the past three years
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Unrivalled clinical outcomes
At HCA UK, clinical excellence isn’t a promise, it’s a fact. We consistently deliver some of the best cardiac surgical outcomes in the country, thanks to our consultant-led model, expert multidisciplinary teams and state-of-the-art facilities.
Between 2022–2024, our cardiac surgical survival rate was 99.8%, which includes:
- 99.7% survival for coronary artery bypass graft (CABG)
- 100% for aortic and mitral valve repair
- 100% for PEARS procedures
- 97.5% for mitral valve replacements
Comprehensive cardiac diagnostics
With 15 locations across the UK, we can ensure your patient has rapid access to advanced diagnostics, with results sent to both you and your patient in as little as two business days. From simple ECGs to complex cardiac MRI, our subspecialist imaging teams ensure accuracy and speed – reducing delays and unnecessary invasive testing.
Diagnostic services include:
- ECG (resting, ambulatory, exercise)
- Extended blood pressure monitoring
- Transthoracic echocardiography
- Transoesophageal echocardiography
- Stress echocardiogram
- Bubble contrast echocardiogram
- Tilt-table test
- Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test (CPET)
- SphygmoCor pulse pressure monitoring
- Full lung function testing
- Cardiac CT scan (including FFRCT and CaRi-Heart®)
- Endobronchial ultrasound
- 1.5T and 3T cardiac MRI
- MRI scanning for pacemakers
Pioneering procedures
As well as carrying out the full range of cardiac procedures, including treatments such as stent insertions, valve replacements, and pacemaker fittings, we specialise in complex, pioneering techniques. That includes minimally invasive, endoscopic cardiac surgery and robotically assisted advanced cardiac procedures. We were the first private provider in Europe to offer the Ion™ robotic navigational bronchoscopy, and we’re one of the only providers in the world to offer PEARS aortic root surgery.
Our multidisciplinary teams perform these high-complexity, advanced techniques at high volume with exceptional outcomes, ensuring less scarring, less bleeding and quicker recovery times for our patients.
Treatments we offer include:
- Transcatheter valve implantation (TAVI, MitraClip)
- Endoscopic mitral and CABG surgery
- Chronic total occlusion and complex PCI
- Cardiac ablations (including pulsed-field ablation)
- Pacemaker and ICD implantation (including leadless devices)
- PEARS aortic root surgery
Our locations
With 15 cardiac centres across London, Manchester and Birmingham, your patient can be seen by a cardiovascular or thoracic specialist at a time and date that suits them.
The Harley Street Clinic
35 Weymouth Street W1G 8BJ London
The Wellington Hospital
Wellington Place St John's Wood NW8 9LE London
London Bridge Hospital
27 Tooley Street SE1 2PR London
The Lister Hospital
Chelsea Bridge Road SW1W 8RH London
The Portland Hospital
205-209 Great Portland Street W1W 5AH London
The Harborne Hospital
Mindelsohn Way B15 2TQ Birmingham
The Wilmslow Hospital
52-54 Alderley Road Wilmslow SK9 1NY Cheshire
Your patient’s pathway
Self-pay patients
If your patient is self-funding their cardiac care, we make the process simple and seamless. Our specialist hospitals work together, so they can see the right consultant quickly, often within days. Their treatment is guided by proven clinical pathways and reviewed by a multidisciplinary team of experts. This means every decision benefits from collective knowledge, ensuring they get safe, effective, and highly personalised care from the very start.
How we work
At HCA UK, our cardiac care is built on collaboration. Our five specialist cardiovascular and thoracic hospitals work as one team, so the right expertise is always within reach – whether that means a referral to a colleague across the city or an emergency admission. Behind the scenes, consultant-led councils shape our services in heart rhythm, surgery, intervention, heart failure, diagnostics and imaging. They focus on innovation, quality, and evidence-based practice, ensuring we adopt new techniques only when they’ve been shown to make a real difference.
We hold structured multidisciplinary team meetings to support every patient’s care. This is where cases are reviewed by peers and we agree on the best way forward together. We follow ratified clinical pathways, benchmark against national standards like NICOR and BCIS, and continually refine our approach. The result? Care that’s fast, safe and deeply personalised, delivered by a team committed to outstanding outcomes every time.
Cardiac care referral FAQs
GPs and consultants can call our dedicated referral line on 020 3131 2593. Our team will triage the patient to the appropriate subspecialist based on clinical need and location.
We offer appointments in as little as 24 hours, depending on availability and urgency, in order to ensure minimal delays in diagnosis or treatment.
We provide a full suite of non-invasive and advanced imaging, including ECG, Echo, CT and MRI across 15 diagnostic centres nationwide. You can find out more about our diagnostic capabilities here.
We manage all cardiac subspecialties, including general cardiology, arrhythmias, heart failure, structural heart disease, congenital heart conditions, and interventional cardiology. You can find a list of cardiac conditions we treat here.
Please call 020 3131 2593 and our team will help you with insurer queries and care coordination.
Yes. We regularly work with NICOR and BCIS to ensure transparency and continuous quality improvement.
Absolutely. We offer specialist paediatric cardiology and congenital services, with consultants experienced in both young patients and inherited cardiac conditions.
Our patients’ stories
Andrew's atrial fibrillation story
"I immediately felt something was not right and stopped swimming. I didn’t have pain, but had palpitations and a shortness of breath. After a while, my heart settled down."
A simple heart screening revealed Mahmoud’s tumour
At 55, Mahmoud had never felt fitter. The orthodontist from northwest London enjoyed daily exercise classes and a range of sports. It was only when a relative was diagnosed with cardiovascular disease that his wife suggested he arrange a routine heart health check-up.
First-time visit to the UK for complex cardiac surgery
Raymond travelled all the way from his home in Houston, Texas to London Bridge Hospital for life-changing cardiac surgery in September 2020. Here he shares his story, and why he’s so grateful for the work of not only his consultant who operated on him, but the entire London Bridge Hospital team.
“Above all else, we are committed to the care and improvement of human life”