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UCLH has for some time had an acute medicine ambulatory pathway co-located with an emergency assessment area. Activity in this area has tripled in the last three years and continues to be busy in providing care during COVID-19. We want to build on this work and have been collaborating with other specialty teams to develop similar services for non-acute medical emergency patients.

The Government has now set out further action aimed at tackling rising cases of the COVID-19 B1.617.2 variant of COVID-19 (also known as the Indian variant). 

Mild Covid-19 infection is very unlikely to cause lasting damage to the structure or function of the heart, according to a study supported by the NIHR UCLH Biomedical Research Centre and UCLH Charity.

UCLH is to lead an initiative to improve care for myeloma patients alongside Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (OUH) and University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust (UHS).

Researchers at UCLH have begun a study which could set the foundations for how booster COVID-19 vaccinations are delivered in the future.