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Almost two-thirds of intensive care staff may have experienced a mental health disorder during the Covid-19 winter surge last year, and a similar proportion said their ability to do their job was impaired because of the state of their mental health, according to a study at UCLH.

Robot-assisted surgery used to perform bladder cancer removal and reconstruction enables patients to recover far more quickly and spend significantly less time in hospital, concludes a trial led by UCLH, UCL and the University of Sheffield.

People suffering from long COVID may face an increased risk of abnormal blood clotting, according to a study at UCLH and UCL.

UCL has been ranked number one in the UK in medicine, health and the life sciences for the quality of its research.

People with obesity whose weight and health improve following drug treatment are likely to need the treatment long term, according to a UCLH and UCL study.