King Edward VII's Hospital Sister Agnes: Private endocrinology and thyroid treatment in London

King Edward VII’s Hospital in London W1 provides high quality private thyroid and endocrine treatment in London.

The aim of King Edward VII’s Hospital, a private hospital in London, is to provide the highest standards of patient services based on a hospital-wide commitment to total quality care.

Through good management, the dedication of their staff and the provision of excellent facilities, they continue to uphold the tradition and reputation for which their hospital has stood since 1899.

Today this private independent, acute hospital in London, registered with the Care Quality Commission and recognised by Investors in People, offers the highest standards of medical excellence, the most modern equipment and facilities combined with impeccable standards of care from which so many patients and their families have benefited over the years.

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Private patient services and facilities at King Edward VII’s Hospital Sister Agnes

• 57 private en-suite air-conditioned rooms
  
• 4 bedded Critical Care Unit
  
• Short Stay Ward
  
• Diagnostic imaging: including mammography, diagnostic ultrasound, contrast studies and cardiac investigations
  
• MRI / CT scanner
  
• Physiotherapy / hydrotherapy
  
• Pharmacy
  
• 24-hour Senior Medical Officer / Resident Medical Officer
  
• 24-hour Intensivist Cover
  
• Consulting rooms 

Endocrine treatment in London

Endocrine surgery is a specialised surgical field where procedures are performed on endocrine glands to achieve a hormonal or anti-hormonal effect in the body. Almost always, this entails operating to remove a tumour which has grown on or within an endocrine gland.

The field of endocrine surgery typically comprises surgery to the thyroid gland, parathyroid glands, and adrenal glands.

Common endocrine conditions:

Treatment and procedures

The most common endocrine surgery operation is removal of the thyroid (thyroidectomy), followed by parathyroid surgery (parathyroidectomy), followed by the rare operation on the adrenal gland (adrenalectomy).

Consultant Endocrine Surgeons

Consultant Endocrinologists

Equipment

Intraoperative nerve monitoring during surgery (by some surgeons) to ensure recognition of the recurrent laryngeal nerves (RLNs), which innervate the vocal cords.  Monitoring can prevent damage or permanent hoarseness in case of bilateral damage, breathing difficulties and inability to speak.

Private specialists, consultants and staff at the London hospital 

The hospital enjoys the highest reputation founded on the medical and surgical skills of individually selected and most eminent specialists, complemented by unparalleled standards of patient care and personal attention given by matron, the ward managers, a team of highly trained and dedicated nurses and other clinical and non-clinical professionals.  You can read all about consultants at King Edward VII’s Hospital online, with details of their specialities.