The Lister Hospital

Located in the heart of Chelsea, The Lister Hospital has been rated ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), with notable praise for its intensive care services and surgery.

Facilities

With 57 en-suite bedrooms, four theatres, a Level 3 Intensive Care Unit, an endoscopy suite, and the full range of diagnostic imaging, The Lister Hospital provides for a comprehensive range of healthcare needs. The hospital offers a wide range of services, including private GP services, on-site pharmacy and pathology, inpatient and outpatient physiotherapy, and an Urgent Care Centre.

Services

Some of the specialties The Lister Hospital is known for include cancer care, dermatology, gastroenterology, orthopaedics, sports medicine and general surgery. The hospital is home to The London Hip Practice, offering Mako® Robotic Arm-Assisted Surgery for knee and hip joint replacement. The Lister Hospital is a leader across Women’s Health services, offering a One-Stop Menopause Clinic, Specialist Centre for Abdominal Wall Reconstruction and the Centre of Endometriosis and Minimally Invasive Gynaecology. The hospital also has a strong reputation for reproductive medicine through Lister Fertility Clinic, which is widely recognised as one of the leading private fertility treatment centres in the UK. The hospital operates a multidisciplinary framework, bringing together clinicians in each specialty for regular multidisciplinary team meetings to discuss the treatment of each patient. An important component of this way of working is the hospital’s Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNS), who sub-specialise in each field of medicine, providing a deep level of knowledge and experience.

Ratings and Feedback

The CQC rated The Lister Hospital ‘Outstanding’, highlighting the quality of its surgical offering and the hospital’s leadership team, in a report published in June 2017. This was supported by the experiences of patients, with 98% of those treated at The Lister Hospital recommending the hospital to friends and family.

Outcomes From Surgery

When it comes to joint replacement, The Lister Hospital reported fewer volumes of knee replacements and hip replacements to the National Joint Registry (NJR) than would be ideal (between April 2019 and March 2020). The hospital saw slightly below-average outcomes for hip and knee replacement, with patients requiring revision surgery (where the original procedure must be repeated). Note: NJR volume and revision rates last recorded are March 2020 and August 2020 respectively.