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Shirley Oaks Hospital, part of Circle Health Group is a leading purpose-built private hospital located in Croydon, Surrey. We provide inpatient, day-case and outpatient services for both private and NHS patients living in and around South London, Surrey and Kent. Our team of specialist consultants and highly trained medical and administrative staff are committed to providing outstanding quality service and professional care. Our hospital has 18 beds, 3 theatres, a JAG-accredited endoscopy suite and an Ambulatory care unit. All our bedrooms offer privacy and comfort with full en-suite facilities with bath or shower, Freeview TV, telephone, and free WiFi. We currently provide treatment in a wide variety of specialities: Orthopaedic surgery General surgery Gynaecology Ophthalmology Gastroenterology Urology Anaesthesiology Ear, nose and throat Plastic Surgery Neurosurgery Our hospital has recently benefited from considerable investment, and we now have an on-site physiotherapy suite with a gymnasium and a brand-new state-of-the-art Imagine Suite. The hospital is a short drive from East Croydon Train Station and is situated just off the A232 making it easily accessible by car or public transport and there is ample free parking available on site. Booking an appointment is quick and easy, and you can usually be seen within 48 hours of initial enquiry. Our friendly and professional team look forward to welcoming you to the hospital.

The Queen Square (Gamma Knife) Radiosurgery Centre is one of two (alongside the Thornbury Radiosurgery Centre in Sheffield) highly specialised and exceptionally regarded National Centres of Excellence in the UK when it comes to offering patients Gamma Knife surgery. The clinic was established in 2012 and officially joined the Amethyst Group in 2020. Led by revered consultant neurosurgeon, Mr Neil Kitchen, the Queen Square Gamma Knife Radiosurgery Centre offers private and international patients treatment services for conditions such as secondary metastatic brain tumours, trigeminal neuralgia, cavernoma, arteriovenous malformation, pituitary tumours, and various skull-based tumours including meningioma, acoustic neuroma / vestibular schwanomma. Notably, the Queen Square Gamma Knife Radiosurgery Centre also offers a paediatric radiosurgery service, in collaboration with the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children. The clinic prides itself on providing patients with life-saving and life-extending treatment options under the expert care of leading neurosurgeons.

HCA UK at The Shard is a leading outpatients and diagnostic centre in central London that aims to diagnose and treat patients in a single visit. They offer same day consultations, prearranged one-visit clinic and unplanned diagnostic centres, and provide expert services in minor treatments, imaging, X-rays, CT and MRI scans alongside screening for prostate, breast, cervical and bowel cancer. The areas their specialist outpatient team specialise in are breast, colorectal and diabetes alongside endocrinology, ENT and head and neck, as well as gastroenterology. They are also experts in gynaecology, neurology and orthopaedics and pain management, as well as respiratory and thoracic services, physiotherapy, urology and vascular treatments. The team coordinates tests, assess patient condition and provide medication or minor treatments on the same day, where medically possible. If a patient's case is more complex, HCA UK at The Shard will ensure you have an onward health plan than may involve further treatment. This will either be at London Bridge Hospital or closer to the patient's home. They pride themselves in providing patients with a service where they benefit from the most knowledgeable specialist opinion, with the least inconvenience, in the safest of environments.