Charing Cross Hospital
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Charing Cross Hospital is a general, acute hospital located in London
London
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, United Kingdom
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 and established in 1818. It is located several miles to the west of the city centre in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
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.

It is part of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
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 and is one of the Imperial College School of Medicine
Imperial College School of Medicine
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's teaching hospitals. It is a tertiary referral centre for neurosurgery
Neurosurgery
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, and is a national centre of excellence for gestational trophoblastic disease
Gestational trophoblastic disease
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. It currently houses the serious injuries centre for West London.

The hospital is host to the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology and the West London Neuroscience centre.
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