Trapped nerve - Medical specialists

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.

RNOH Private Care at Stanmore is the hospital’s primary site, located on the border of North London and Middlesex. Offering both comprehensive inpatient and outpatient services, the Stanmore site is renowned for delivering expert care with the highest standards of clinical excellence and patient comfort. The hospital provides a full range of diagnostic services on site, including MRI, CT, nuclear medicine, fluoroscopy, ultrasound, DXA, and x-ray imaging—ensuring patients benefit from fast, accurate assessments all under one roof. Set within tranquil countryside surroundings, the Stanmore campus offers a peaceful and restorative environment for recovery. Conveniently located just 25 miles from Heathrow Airport and easily accessible via the M25 and M1, it is ideally placed for both UK and international patients seeking outstanding orthopaedic and musculoskeletal care.

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.