This is the service for pre-operative assessment for the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery only. For all other hospitals, please contact the main switchboard. 

We provide a multi-disciplinary pre-operative assessment for patients requiring surgery at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery. This includes a nurse-led assessment, necessary investigations and advice for all patients. Patients with multiple medical conditions or having complex surgery will also be seen by a consultant anaesthetist. 

Service management

Other contact information

For patients attending NHNN for surgery only, please call 020 3448 3348

Address

Queen Square Pre-operative Assessment Centre
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
Box 61 Queen Square
London WC1N 3BG

GP contact

Other referral information

All of our patients are referred by the neurosurgical teams at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery. Patients attending the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery are local, national and international.

Referral address

Queen Square Pre-operative Assessment Centre
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
Box 61 Queen Square
London WC1N 3BG

  • Pre-operative assessment, including full medical history and examination, for all patients requiring neurosurgery 
  • Pre-operative investigations: blood tests, ECG and MRSA screening. If the medical history indicates, further investigations such as lung function tests, echocardiography or CPEX testing may be requested 
  • Perioperative management of regular medications Provision of information to prepare for hospital admission and surgery, and for discharge home 

All patients will be able to discuss their concerns regarding hospital admission, anaesthesia and surgery with the pre-operative assessment team. We also provide a variety of information leaflets on anaesthesia, surgical conditions and pain relief following surgery, as well as website links. 

If necessary, we will arrange for more extensive pre-operative investigations such as echocardiography, lung function tests or referrals to specialist teams, such as a cardiologist, for further advice. Where necessary, we will contact the patient’s GP or local hospital for further information on medical conditions. This may occasionally delay surgery, however the majority of our patients proceed to surgery as planned and will be contacted by the admissions team closer to their date of surgery. 

Consultants

Useful links

Other neurology and neurosurgery services