A guide to Harley Street clinics, hospitals,doctors, specialists, treatments, hotels, parking and travel.

Harley Street is a street in the City of Westminster in London, England which has been noted since the 19th century for its large number of private specialists in medicine and surgery.

Harley Street enjoys a long-standing reputation as a centre of private medical excellence and the district around Harley Street is more often referred to as Medical London because it has several private hospitals within the vicinity and the largest concentration of medical proficiency in the world. All the latest technology and cutting edge medical expertise has been moved into the area, and not surprisingly Harley Street clinics is a highly desirable location from which to practice.

Harley Street Doctors

There are more than 1,500 doctors practising in Harley Street

Harley Street attracts a large ever growing, number of top medical practitioners, dentists, psychiatrists and plastic surgeons providing first class care, each of whom require a licence from the Estate in order to practice. The Estate has always been particular about the type of people allowed to practice from Harley Street, and between the two world wars for example an application from a resident to let out a room to a dancing teacher was strongly rejected. Until after the Second World War, which was a real catalyst for change, masseurs and psychologists were treated with suspicion.

Today, there are some 1,500 professional medical practitioners in and around the Harley Street area, offering a broad range of services from complementary medicine to cosmetic surgery and the range and quality of services available continues to expand as new treatments and new diagnostic techniques emerge. The The Harley Street Clinic receives patients from all over the world and has established a ground breaking cancer centre, which is affiliated to the London Cancer Group and contains the latest oncology technology and expert care for cancer patients.

Harley Street is at the forefront in medical science and technology advancements and firmly on the map for medical excellence.

There are some 1,500 medical practitioners in and around the Harley Street area, and an extensive choice of harley st specialists, harley st clinics, and Harley St hospitals providing services from harley st cancer treatment to harley st cosmetic surgery.