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• UCLH creating a toolkit to make more clinical trials open to young people

  A new research project spearheaded by the CCTU at UCLH is trying to make more places on clinical trials available to young cancer patients aged between 16 and 24 years.

• Antibody treatment reduces risk of symptomatic COVID-19 by 77%

  An antibody treatment trialled at UCLH cuts the risk of developing symptomatic COVID-19 by 77%.

• Sir Keir Starmer visits Grafton Way Building

  Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer, who is also the MP for our local constituency, visited UCLH on Friday 3 September and was shown around the Grafton Way Building by our chief executive and chair.

• Ward T16 North - Haematology

  T16 North is a specialist adult haematology inpatient ward dedicated to providing high-quality care for patients with a wide range of blood disorders.

• Rob Vincent, non-executive director

  Rob Vincent joined the board as a non-executive director on 1 November 2021. He was an associate non-executive director from 14 October 2020 to 31 October 2021. Rob lives in Islington. He was the Chief Executive of Kirklees in West Yorkshire until 2010.

• Professor Geoff Bellingan, medical director, surgery and cancer board

  Geoff Bellingan was appointed Medical Director in September 2009. He previously held posts as Clinical Director and Divisional Clinical Director between 2006 and 2009.

• Dr Gill Gaskin, medical director, digital healthcare

  Gill was Medical Director for the Specialist Hospitals Board from 2010-2019 and was appointed as medical director, digital healthcare, in October 2019.

• Dr Tim Hodgson, medical director, specialist hospitals board

  Tim Hodgson, Consultant in Oral Medicine and Honorary Associate Professor, was appointed Medical Director of the Specialist Hospitals Board UCLH Foundation NHS Trust in November 2019 and joined the Board as an Executive Director in January 2020.

• Dr Charles House, medical director, medicine board

  Charles House was appointed Medical Director in July 2017 having previously been the interim Medical Director since March 2016.

• Patient story - Zehavah Handler

  Patient story - Zehavah Handler - When sleep becomes a nightmare. Zehavah Handler struggled to sleep for 25 years before completing a five-week course at UCLH’s insomnia clinic. Here, she tells us how it changed her life.