National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery 1157412 225255730 2008-07-12T18:50:26Z Archibald Tuttle 692814 disambiguation [[William Richard Gowers]] {{CoorHeader|51|31|20|N|0|7|19|W|type:landmark|region:GB}} {{Infobox Hospital | Name = National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery | Org/Group = University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | Image = NationalNeurologyHospital.jpg | Caption = The Hospital seen from Queen Square | Logo = <!-- optional --> | Location = | Region = London | State = England | Country = UK | HealthCare = NHS | Type = Specialist | Speciality = [[Neurology]] & [[Neurosurgery]] | Standards = <!-- optional if no national standards --> | Emergency = No | Affiliation= Institute of Neurology of [[University College London]] | Beds = 19 | Founded = [[1859]] | Closed = <!-- optional --> | Website = http://www.uclh.nhs.uk/Our+hospitals/National+Hospital+for+Neurology+and+Neurosurgery.htm | Wiki-Links = <!-- optional --> |}} The '''National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery''' ('''NHNN''') was the first hospital of its kind in [[England]], being dedicated exclusively to treating the diseases of the [[nervous system]]. It is located at [[Queen Square, London]]. It is affectionately known as the 'The National', and less correctly as 'Queen Square'. Since 1996 it has been part of [[University College Hospital|University College London Hospital]] [[NHS Trust]]. It is associated with the [[Institute of Neurology]] (part of [[University College London]]), a major research centre, and supports the Sir [[William Richard Gowers|William Gowers]] Epilepsy Assessment Unit at the [[National Society for Epilepsy]] Centre at [[Chalfont St Peter]], [[Buckinghamshire]]. The NHNN also runs The National Hospital Development Foundation, a [[Charitable organization|charity]] dedicated to supporting the Hospital for the funding of equipment, buildings and research. ==History== The hospital was founded in [[1859]] and originally called '''The National Hospital for Diseases of the Nervous System including Paralysis and Epilepsy'''. It was merged in 1948 with the Maida Vale Hospital for Nervous Diseases. Great [[Neurology|neurologists]] of the time worked at The National, including [[John Hughlings Jackson]], [[David Ferrier]], [[MacDonald Critchley]], [[Charles-Édouard Brown-Séquard]], [[William Allen Sturge]] (discoverer of the [[Sturge-Weber syndrome]]), Sir [[Roger Bannister]] and many others. ==External links== * [http://www.ion.ucl.ac.uk/national_hospital/national_hospital.htm Institute of Neurology] [[Category:History of neuroscience]] [[Category:Hospitals in London]] [[Category:NHS hospitals]] [[Category:1859 establishments]] [[Category:Specialist hospitals in England]] [[Category:Neurology]] [[fr:National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery]]