Royal Brompton Hospital is the largest specialist heart and lung centre in the United Kingdom (UK).
The hospital is part of Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust is a national and international specialist heart and lung centre based in Chelsea, London and Harefield, Middlesex. The Trust helps patients from all age groups who have heart and lung problems and is the country's largest centre for the treatment of adult congenital heart disease.
Read more about Royal Brompton Hospital: Consumption in The 19th Century, The Beginning, Frimley, The Hospital in The 21st Century
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