Our hospitals

Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust is the largest specialist heart and lung centre in the UK

Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals carry out some of the most complicated heart and lung procedures in the world. Together, they form the UK's only specialist heart and lung centre that treats both adults and children and is currently the only NHS trust in the country with a total artificial heart programme.

Royal Brompton Hospital

Royal Brompton Hospital in Chelsea has more than 2,200 staff, five operating theatres, one hybrid theatre and four catheter laboratories.

It is home to Europe’s largest centre for the treatment and management of cystic fibrosis, also seeing patients suffering from asthma and other lung conditions from across the country. Royal Brompton is also home to Europe's largest adult congenital heart disease unit.

Harefield Hospital

Harefield Hospital in Hillingdon has more than 1,300 staff, five operating theatres and four catheter laboratories.

The hospital is one of the world's largest and most experienced centres for heart and lung transplants. Harefield also has a dedicated heart attack centre dealing with cardiac emergencies from outer north-west London.

Latest

Dave's Blog - "when I tested positive for the Covid-19 virus, my initial thoughts were for my new heart and then my lungs"

Dave contracted Covid-19 a year after his heart transplant, but with the help of staff at Harefield hospital, he's now home and self-isolating.
Fundraising from home

Our incredible supporters have been fundraising from home and have raised thousands of pounds to support our Hospitals. Take a look at what they've been up to.
19.05.2020

ECMO is the last chance when all other hope is exhausted - and yet there are thousands of people - many of them young, with families and with lives ahead of them, who would not be here without ECMO
The Gerald and Gail Ronson Family Foundation donates £50,000 for ventilators

The Gerald and Gail Ronson Family Foundation have generously donated £50,000 for ventilators to support those most critically affected by Covid-19.

History

Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospitals Charity

Supporting the health and welfare of patients by providing state-of-the-art equipment and new facilities, and supporting cutting-edge research into heart and lung conditions.
Our hospitals

...are known throughout the world for their expertise, standard of care and research success in the field of heart and lung disease.
Back in the Driving Seat - Cystic Fibrosis Appeal

Help people with cystic fibrosis (CF) take control. We’re working with specialists at Royal Brompton Hospital, leading tech companies and people with CF to redefine treatment for the digital age
Fundraising Team
The Patients’ Fund

Making patient life that little bit more like normal life.
Charlie's story

Sunday 12th February 2017 was an ordinary Sunday; Charlie had left his family home to do some shopping in Luton town centre when he started to feel lightheaded. He soon began to feel unwell and suddenly began to convulse and stopped breathing.
Join our fight to save vital heart services

Help us fight NHS England's plans to shut vital congenital heart disease services at Royal Brompton Hospital.
Harefield Healing Garden Appeal

Rosie has worked for the Charity raising funds for its appeals, both as a volunteer and managing the Charity's special events, since her son Will’s successful transplant. She has been joined by Catherine Perry, the daughter of a former Harefield patient.
Our purpose

...is to fund innovative treatment, equipment and research at our two hospitals, that fall outside of NHS funding.
Royal Brompton Hospital

Supporting the life-saving work of this world-class hospital, specialising in the treatment of child and adult heart and lung conditions