Teams at Royal Brompton and Harefield are world-leaders in diagnosing and treating a range of conditions, and recently won two major awards for the Trust’s life-saving ECMO service (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation). ECMO supports recovery after major life-saving surgery or life-threatening illness by oxygenating blood outside the body and returning it – effectively doing the work of a patient’s lungs, or both heart and lungs, until theirs can resume to normal functioning.
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ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) service recognised as ‘platinum’ centre of excellence
The Trust’s ECMO services were highly praised at the Extracorporeal Life Support Organisation (ELSO) awards for Excellence in Life Support. Read more...
Bringing services to patients
Trust experts lead the way in diagnosing and treating diseases of the lungs. Patients from the UK as well as overseas are treated for the full range of respiratory conditions including: asthma and allergy, cancer services, lung inflammation and cystic fibrosis, lung infection and immunity, lung failure (including transplant, COPD – chronic obstructive pulmonary disease – and sleep and ventilation), and lung assessment (including sleep studies, lung function and physiology). Read more...
National recognition for Trust experts
Many of our specialists hold important positions in professional organisations and win national and international recognition for their work. During 2018/19 examples include...
Transplant patient hits the high notes on national TV
Harefield Hospital transplant patient Charles Michael Duke debuted his new lungs on BBC1 – by singing a spellbinding version of Ella Henderson’s Yours. Read more...
Innovative surgery attracts national attention
Experts at Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals care for patients with a wide range of complex cardiac conditions, both congenital (present at birth), inherited and acquired later in life. Read more...
Royal Brompton hosts heart charity conference
Congenital heart charity The Somerville Foundation held its annual conference at Royal Brompton Hospital. Read more...
Harefield team shortlisted for leadership award
A prevention programme that identifies people at high risk of coronary heart disease and intervenes early to save lives, was a finalist in the UK’s leading medical awards. Read more...
ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) service recognised as 'platinum' centre of excellence >