Nurse-led vascular access service (NLVAS)

The nurse-led vascular access service provides elective line insertions for peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) and midlines across our trust.

It runs at the Royal Free Hospital from Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.

Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy service (OPAT)

The outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy service allows patients who are otherwise medically stable, but require short to long term intravenous (IV) antibiotic, to be safely treated at home or in an outpatient setting.

It runs from:

  • Royal Free Hospital — Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm
  • Barnet Hospital and Chase Farm Hospital — Monday to Friday, 8am to 4pm

Contact information

NLVAS and OPAT tel:
020 7794 0500 ext 22561/22563

Royal Free Hospital NLVAS email:
rf-tr.rf-nlvas@nhs.net

Royal Free Hospital OPAT email:
rfh-tr.rfh-opats@nhs.net

Barnet Hospital and Chase Farm Hospital OPAT email:
rf-tr.barnet-opat@nhs.net

Emails are checked daily.

For Royal Free Hospital OPAT, please refer via EPR under nurse-led OPAT service.

For NLAS, please email rf-tr.rf-nlvas@nhs.net.