CaRi-heart technology
Revolutionary new technology to assess the risk of a serious heart condition or heart attack – many years before anything happens.
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When you're one of our patients, you can be confident that you're in the best possible hands. You'll be cared for by world-leading consultants and nurses, and have access to an exceptional standard of treatments and services. We continually invest in the latest technologies, and use the most advanced techniques across all major areas of medicine.
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CaRi-heart technology
Revolutionary new technology to assess the risk of a serious heart condition or heart attack – many years before anything happens.
The true age of personalised medicine
How modern surgical techniques are transforming brain cancer treatment
Our locations
A new state-of-the-art centre at 40 Bank Street, in the heart of Canary Wharf. HCA UK have invested £18million to significantly expand medical services within the area.
Dedicated Women's Health Centre
We've opened a dedicated Women's Health Centre in the heart of the Harley Street medical district
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Groundbreaking blood cancer treatment
HCA UK at UCH now offer Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy for eligible myeloma patients - a revolutionary immunotherapy that harnesses the body’s own immune system to fight blood cancer. With the potential for long-lasting remission
HCA UK offers amyloid-targeting therapies for early-stage Alzheimer's disease
HCA Healthcare UK is offering amyloid-targeting therapies for patients diagnosed with early-stage Alzheimer's disease. The therapies available include lecanemab and donanemab - the first two disease-modifying treatments for Alzheimer’s disease licensed for use in Great Britain.
As a frequent skier and active young professional in the city, Gaëlle loves running and exercise classes to keep fit, but her love of these activities has come at a price – her knee. A previous skiing accident damaged her meniscus and her ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) and left her in so much pain that she couldn’t ski, so Gaëlle started looking around at treatment options.
Despite the challenges she faces, Georgia has not let scoliosis stop her from pursuing her passion for drumming.
Bode's (14) surgery fitted her with one titanium and one cobalt chrome rod on either side of her spine held in place by 18 screws. Comparing the before and after X-Rays, they managed to make her spine perfectly straight which Bode says, "was incredible.” She’s now reassuring other young patients with Idiopathic Adolescent Scoliosis.
Mum Dawn explains how scoliosis surgery at The Portland Hospital changed her 15-year-old daughter's life.
When Julie was diagnosed with scoliosis at the age of seven, her case was already more complex than most.
When Hattie first felt her back hurting in March 2019, her parents didn’t immediately think it was anything serious. However a scan in October showed a significant curvature of Hattie’s spine.
Diagnosing her with scoliosis, Hattie’s paediatrician referred her for further investigation and a consultation at The Portland Hospital, with consultant orthopaedic and spine surgeon Mr Jonathan Lucas.
"I just want to warn people they shouldn’t underestimate it," says 17-year-old Emilie. "Concussion can be really serious. I would urge people to get checked out as soon as possible, not just to 'wait and see'."
Jack’s mother Jaime noticed his shoulder blades were slightly uneven in March 2020, at the start of the UK COVID-19 lockdown. After being faced with a long wait for a referral, a chance recommendation led Jaime to turn to The Portland Hospital. Here Jaime shares their story and explain why this surgery was so important.
As 16-year-old Mimi climbed to the top of the giant Slitherine water slide in Dubai’s Atlantis aquaventure park, she had a momentary change of heart. Just three months before, the teenager from Walton on Thames, Surrey, had undergone major back surgery for scoliosis and started the difficult process of recovery. Seconds after her moment of doubt, she was plunging down the slide with her little sister, while their mum Tamara looked on.
Rhiannon was an active 14-year-old girl. When she occasionally complained to her parents about aches and pains in her back, there was no reason to think it was anything more sinister than sore muscles from one of her dance classes, or something she’d pulled while horse riding.
Ingrid and her mother Lotte were completely unaware of any problems with Ingrid's back, until Lotte asked Ingrid to sit up straight and Ingrid replied saying that she already was. Fast forward less than three months and Ingrid was undergoing complex, life-changing spinal surgery under the care of Mr Colin Nnadi at The Portland Hospital. Here Ingrid, now aged 15, and her mother share their story and explain why this surgery was so important.
At five days old, Ava Pearson was diagnosed as profoundly deaf. Her parents share the story of Ava’s successful cochlear implant surgery.
Omar had a challenging start to life. After being diagnosed with profound deafness, The Portland Hospital made it possible for him to hear again.