Hyper acute stroke unit
Contact
- General Enquiries
- 020 3313 3856
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The hyper acute stroke unit (HASU) at Charing Cross Hospital is one of eight in London, and provides the initial investigation, treatment and care immediately following a stroke.
Patients will spend an average of 72 hours in the HASU before being transferred to their local stroke unit for ongoing multidisciplinary inpatient care.
Conditions and treatments
Our HASU sees over 1,700 patients each year for hyper acute care for strokes and suspected strokes and offers a 24/7 thrombolysis (‘clot-busting’) service for appropriate patients, if they are able to come to the emergency department within four and a half hours of their stroke. The 20 bed unit is able to provide 24-hour hyper acute care and imaging, as well as vascular, neurosurgical and neuro-radiological intervention services. All patients are given secondary prevention information before discharge, as well as a clinical nurse specialist (CNS) number they can call for further information if required.
Address
Hyper acute stroke unit
Ward 9 North
Ninth Floor
North wing
Charing Cross Hospital
Fulham Palace Road
London W6 8RF
Meet the team
Consultant stroke physicians
Dr Omid Halse
Dr Marius Venter
Dr Soma Banerjee, ASU lead
Lead nurse for stroke services
Diane Benefer
Ward manager
Alcina Amorin
Clinical nurse specialist
Ismalia de Sousa
Refer to this service
GP and secondary care referrals
For acute inpatient referrals or to discuss any patients, please contact the on-call specialist registrar at Charing Cross Hospital via the main hospital switchboard.
Phone: 020 3311 1234
Bleep: 0383
Click here for information about TIA referrals.
To reach our TIA clinic, call the hospital switchboard and bleep the TIA clinical nurse specialist (CNS).
Switchboard: 020 3311 1234
Bleep: 3643