National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
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2008-07-12T18:50:26Z
Archibald Tuttle
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disambiguation [[William Richard Gowers]]
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{{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
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| Location =
| Region = London
| State = England
| Country = UK
| HealthCare = NHS
| Type = Specialist
| Speciality = [[Neurology]] & [[Neurosurgery]]
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| Emergency = No
| Affiliation= Institute of Neurology of [[University College London]]
| Beds = 19
| Founded = [[1859]]
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| Website = http://www.uclh.nhs.uk/Our+hospitals/National+Hospital+for+Neurology+and+Neurosurgery.htm
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|}}
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]]