Barts and The London hospitals are world-renowned for our clinical excellence.  We see a high concentration of complex cases, which means that we have some of Britain’s leading specialists on our teams.  Their expertise benefits all of our patients, including those coming in for more routine procedures.

As well as maintaining one of the best survival rate records in the UK, our clinical quality has been rated as ‘excellent’ by independent health watchdog, the Healthcare Commission, for the second year running.

The Healthcare Commission’s annual health check rates all NHS hospitals against a range of measures, including how long patients wait for treatment, patient safety, cleanliness and how well the organisation is run.  For 2006/07, Barts and The London was rated as ‘excellent’ for the quality of our clinical services and ‘good’ for our management of resources.

Barts and The London is the only major teaching hospital trust in the capital to be rated as ‘excellent’ two years running.

But the bar for clinical excellence is rising constantly, and by benchmarking ourselves against other academic health sciences centres, and drawing on their experience and best practice, we will ensure that we measure up to the best, not only in the UK, but in the world. 

This section provides just a snapshot of some of the major developments in a few of our specialties.

• Barts and The London Heart and Chest Centre
• Barts and The London Cancer Centre
• Barts and The London Renal Centre
• Barts and The London Trauma and Emergency Care Centre
• Barts and The London Maternity Services
• Barts and The London Children’s Hospital
• Barts and The London Centre for Reproductive Medicine
• Barts and The London Centre for Digestive Diseases
• Best possible care for the dying