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Tens of thousands of babies hospitalised across the UK each year could now be protected by a new maternal Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine available from today to protect babies

A lung cancer patient at UCLH is the first to receive a novel cancer vaccine designed to prime the immune system to recognise and fight cancer cells.

UCLH has received excellent results in the 2023 National Adult Inpatient Survey this year, with patients rating their overall care 8.8 out of 10. This is an improvement on last year's score of 8.7 and once again makes us the best performing acute/combined trust in England.

Chris van Tulleken will investigate the science happening inside our bodies when we eat, how food has shaped human evolution, uncover the importance of our microbiome – as the extra ‘organ’ we didn’t know we had – and ask how we can all eat better in the future.

GPs in England are taking ‘collective action’ (a form of industrial action, which may limit the number of patients they see each day).

Whether to check appointment details, receive test results and clinic letters, or to complete pre-visit questions and checks to prepare for appointments, more and more patients activate MyCare UCLH each day.