Specialist Clinical Services

Specialist services are provided to a much wider catchment population, both across the UK and internationally. We provide specialist services in the following areas: 

  • Addictions - inpatient, outpatient and community services for drug and alcohol misuse.
  • Behavioural disorders - assessment and treatment for people with autism spectrum disorders, such as Asperger’s Syndrome, and/or complex mental health needs
  • Cancer - a joint cancer centre offering a full range of diagnosis and treatment
  • Cardiac services - offering a wide range of medical and surgical interventions
  • Child and adolescent mental health - the most comprehensive provision in the UK, for conditions such as eating disorders, traumatic stress and obsessive compulsive disorder
  • Critical care services - including one of the largest intensive care units in the UK
  • Day-Case surgery - developing innovative techniques for non-invasive surgery as one of four UK Centres of Excellence
  • Dental - the jointly managed Dental Institute, incorporating the largest dental school in the Europe
  • Dermatology - home to the St John’s Institute
  • Eating disorders - inpatient and day care at the Bethlem Royal Hospital, and outpatient services at the Bethlem, Maudsley and Guy’s Hospitals
  • Fetal medicine - home to the internationally renowned Harris Birthright Research Centre
  • Genetics and twins research - including the largest twins registry in the UK
  • Heamato-oncology - including highly specialist stem cell and bone marrow transplants
  • Liver - hosting the largest liver transplant centre in Europe and the UK Institute of Liver Studies
  • Lupus - in a unit established by Professor Graham Hughes
  • Neurosciences - the only single-site neurosciences centre in London
  • Perinatal care - inpatient and outreach care for women experiencing mental illness following childbirth
  • Psychosis - inpatient care for people with treatment resistant psychosis
  • Renal - including the largest living donor service in the UK
  • Specialist respiratory services - including the Lane Fox Unit
  • Stroke - specialist stroke services
  • Thoracic surgery
  • Trauma - major trauma centre
  • Urology - including a rapid access/one-stop clinic

Visit our Clinical Academic Groups page to learn more about our plans for delivery an integrated clinical service.