The hospital was founded as the London Infirmary for Epilepsy and Paralysis by the German physician Julius Althaus (1833-1900) in 1867.

[1] It moved to a new building in Maida Vale, designed by the architects Young & Hall, opened by the Duchess of Argyll in 1903.

[1] At that time it became the Hospital for Epilepsy and Paralysis and Other Diseases of the Nervous System, Maida Vale.

[1] It became the Maida Vale Hospital for Nervous Diseases (including Epilepsy and Paralysis) in 1937.

[1] The site at 4 Maida Vale (the main road) was closed in 1993 and sold for development.