The National Heart Hospital was founded in 1857 by Dr Eldridge Spratt in Margaret Street. The hospital was relocated to Newman Street off
Oxford Street around 1869 and then to
Soho Square in 1874, with various changes of name en route, including in 1872 "The National Hospital for the Special Treatment of Paralysis, Epilepsy, Nervousness, and the Primary Stages of Insanity and other diseases from Affectations of the Heart." In 1913, new premises were constructed in the current location on Westmoreland Street near
Harley Street. It was one of the first hospitals in the world specifically built for treating cardiovascular disease, as well as for postgraduate training and research. 1991 the hospital was closed, and its services moved to the
Royal Brompton Hospital. and agreement by the boards of UCLH NHS Foundation Trust and
Barts Health NHS Trust to combine their specialist cardiovascular services at the one site. ==Services==