Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust: hospital and community care in west London

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a public healthcare organisation in the United Kingdom that operates Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital, as well as a network of community clinics. Its activity covers emergency services, specialist care, sexual health, paediatrics and training and research programmes.

Hospital services and specialties

The Trust offers a broad range of medical and surgical services. Key areas include emergency and acute care, with an Acute Assessment Unit (AAU) and emergency care (A&E, including UCC). Medical specialties include cardiology, dermatology, diabetes, endocrinology, gastroenterology and hepatology, haematology, neurology, renal medicine, respiratory and rheumatology, as well as a memory clinic and stroke and TIA services.

Cancer care includes diagnosis, treatment, specialist palliative care and emotional support, with services such as the Acute Diagnostic Oncology Clinic (ADOC), the Acute Oncology Service and the Macmillan Information and Support Centre. Complementary therapies and welfare benefits advice are also offered for people affected by cancer.

The surgical area includes anaesthetic services, burns anaesthetic services and paediatric anaesthetics, as well as a treatment centre and decontamination services. The hospital pharmacy has an outpatient pharmacy and a medicines information service.

Maternity and children's care

The Trust's maternity service ranges from online self-referral to labour and postnatal care. Early pregnancy units, fetal medicine clinics, obstetric medicine, pregnancy after caesarean, breech presentation and preterm labour surveillance are offered. Birth options include birth centre, labour ward and home birth, with breastfeeding support and antenatal workshops.

In paediatrics, the Trust has children's emergency services, neonatology (with a neonatal intensive care unit and special care baby unit), allergy, cardiology, dermatology, diabetes, endocrinology, gastroenterology and nutrition, general medicine, haematology, infectious diseases, ketogenic diet for epilepsy, nephrology, neurology, respiratory disease, rheumatology and paediatric surgery in various specialties, including craniofacial surgery, dentistry, ear, nose and throat, ophthalmology, orthopaedics, plastic surgery and urology. A tongue tie clinic is also offered.

Community services for children include the Cheyne Child Development Service, the PATCH service, the child and adolescent psychology service, Chelsea Community Hospital School and the Our Voice hospital youth club.

Sexual health and HIV

The Trust runs a network of sexual health and HIV clinics, including 10 Hammersmith Broadway, 56 Dean Street, John Hunter Clinic, Sexual Health Hounslow and The Sky Clinic, aimed at the LGBTQIA+ community. These services offer contraception, PrEP, care for people living with HIV, peer support and vaccination programmes, such as the gonorrhoea programme launched in August 2025. Information on mpox and services for health professionals are also available.

Diagnostics, research and training

The diagnostics area includes blood tests (phlebotomy), cardiology, clinical imaging, endoscopy and fertility service. The Trust is involved in research and training, and has been the setting for initiatives such as the use of artificial intelligence to speed up the diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) through AI-assisted ultrasound, which allows most suspected patients to receive a clinical decision within 30 minutes.

The organisation has achieved UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiative Stage 3 accreditation in its neonatal units (SCBU and NICU). In addition, the emergency department at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital was rated 'Outstanding' by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), while the hospital's overall rating remains 'Good'.

Locations and access

The Trust operates from Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital, and has other locations such as 10 Hammersmith Broadway, 56 Dean Street, Feltham Centre for Health, Heart of Hounslow, John Hunter Clinic for Sexual Health and Twickenham House. Contact information and opening times for each centre are available through official channels.