Northwick Park Hospital

Details

Name :

Northwick Park Hospital

Address  :

Watford Road

Town  :

Harrow

State  :

Middlesex

Country  :

UK

Post Code:

HA1 3UJ

Phone  :

020 8864 3232

Web URL  :

Email  :


Description

About us
The North West London Hospitals NHS Trust manages Northwick Park and St Marks hospitals in Harrow and Central Middlesex Hospital in Park Royal

We care for more than half a million people living across Brent and Harrow as well as patients from all over the country and internationally at St Marks our specialist hospital for bowel diseases This makes us one of the biggest and busiest NHS trusts in the capital

We employ more than 4500 doctors nurses therapists scientists and other health professionals as well as administrative and support staff making us one of the largest employers locally
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