Cromwell Hospital

Cromwell Hospital is an internationally renowned private hospital in West London where more than 500 consultants, GPs and allied healthcare professionals practise. The hospital treats a wide range of healthcare needs in both adults and children. A large number of patients travel from abroad to access care here.

Specialties

The hospital was built in 1981, and whilst acquired by Bupa in 2008, caters to both insured and self paying patients. It is a multi-specialty hospital providing access to consultants in most specialties including and especially: cancer, cardiology, gastroenterology, gynaecology, and urology. The hospital operates on a multidisciplinary team basis, where all clinicians meet regularly to discuss, agree and plan patient care. Teams are specialists in their fields of medicine and include clinical nurse specialists in larger specialities, such as orthopaedics. Here you can access the Joint School for prehabilitation and post-hip surgery (rehabilitation) information and support.

Facilities and Equipment

Facilities include: 118 en-suite inpatient rooms, 19 day case beds, four Level 3 Intensive Care Unit beds, 5 operating theatres, a JAG accredited endoscopy suite (JAG accredited July 2021), onsite diagnostic imaging including x-ray, ultrasound, MRI and CT, 21 outpatient consulting rooms in the main hospital and an outpatient centre in The City, a 7 chair chemotherapy unit and a rehabilitation and physiotherapy unit and gym. The hospital introduced its da Vinci Robotic® Surgical System (robotic surgery) for minimally invasive surgery in 2019. An advanced radiotherapy centre in partnership with GenesisCare opened in 2020. It houses the latest technologies for the precision treatment of cancer including MRIdian® MR Linac, Gamma Knife® IconÔ, and Varian Edge®.

Ratings, Feedback and Outcomes

The Care Quality Commission awarded the hospital a ‘Good’ rating in 2018 (latest CQC review date August 2021). Independent Google reviews by patients rate the hospital 3.8 out 5 due to some mixed reviews. The National Joint Registry (NJR) which reviews all joint replacement data across the UK except Scotland, shows a particular emphasis on knee replacement for Cromwell Hospital. Knee replacement revision rates (where the procedure needed to be repeated) were within the normal range.