Services A-Z

Paediatric diabetes

See: Children and young people’s diabetes service

Paediatric occupational therapy

See: Occupational therapy services for children and young people

Paediatrics

See: Children’s services

Pain management

Pain can take a number of forms, from short-term acute pain to long-term chronic pain. It covers several conditions, from arthritis and back pain to neck and nerve pain.

Palliative care

Palliative care refers to the support we give to those with a life-threatening or terminal illness. It is a form of end of life care which focuses on pain relief and supporting patients and their family, friends and carers.

Parkinson’s disease

See: Movement disorders

Pathology

Pathologists specialise in the detection of disease through the use of a variety of investigative techniques.

Patient transport

See: Non-emergency patient transport

Pelvic health physiotherapy

The pelvic health physiotherapy service at the Royal Free London offers specialist assessment and rehabilitation of pelvic, bladder and bowel dysfunction, for both men and women

Perinatal Mental Health Service

The North London Partners Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Service (SPMHS) is a community-based mental health team serving the needs of pregnant and postnatal women with moderate to severe mental health needs.

Pharmacy

Our pharmacies dispense prescriptions and provide medicines information, medicines management support and manufacture and quality control medicines.

Phlebotomy

See: Blood tests

Physiotherapy

Physiotherapy is mainly applied to help the recovery and improvement of movement.

Physiotherapy services for children and young people

Physiotherapy can be helpful for people of all ages with a wide variety of health conditions and children’s physiotherapists use specialist knowledge of child development and childhood conditions to treat babies, children and young people.

Planned investigation treatment unit (PITU)

The planned investigation treatment unit at the Royal Free Hospital is a nurse-led unit providing a range of medical treatment and planned investigations.

Plastic surgery

Plastic surgery (also known as reconstructive surgery) is used to repair and reconstruct damaged tissue and skin, to restore normal function or appearance.

Podiatry

Podiatry

Podiatry is devoted to the treatment of conditions and disorders that affect the foot, its structures, and parts of the lower leg.

Private patients unit

The private patients unit at the Royal Free Hospital is part of the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

Psychology

Psychology is a broad term that refers to the workings of the human mind and its effects on behaviour and health.