Video profile: Gamma Knife

The London Gamma Knife Centre at Barts is a unique partnership between HCA International, which forms part of the world’s largest private hospital group, and Barts and The London NHS Trust, providing a high quality, cost-effective, radiosurgical service for patients with certain brain tumours – many of which have been deemed to be inoperable.

With clinical input from specialists from Barts and The London NHS Trust, the Centre was originally established in 1999 at Harley Street where over a thousand patients from all over the UK and overseas were treated. Acquired by HCA, and run by The Harley Street Clinic, the Centre was accredited to receive NHS patients in 2002 and then moved to new, purpose-built premises at Barts Hospital, one of the UK’s leading cancer treatment and research centres in 2009.

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Here, we hear from Martin Kemp, a cancer patient. Fourteen years ago he was in North America when he discovered a lump on the back of his head. He flew back home where doctors found he had two tumours, one of which was buried deep in his brain. The prognosis was not good. Surgeons removed the larger tumour and put a metal plate in his skull but the second was in a position where an operation was going to be highly dangerous, possibly causing irreparable damage to his brain. Watch the video to find out what happened...

Contact details

London Gamma Knife Centre at Barts
Kenton Lucas Building
St Bartholomew's Hospital
West Smithfield
London EC1A 7BE

Tel: +44 (0)20 7601 8410

Email:      info@thelondongammaknifecentre.co.uk

Website: www.thelondongammaknifecentre.com

               www.radiosurgery.co.uk

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