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• Launch of new services to support patients with sickle cell disease, thalassaemia, and other inherited red cell disorders

  The North Central London Integrated Care System (NCL ICS) has new services and staff training to support patients with inherited red cell disorders, including Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia, living in Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey and Islington.

• Transforming the everyday into something beautiful: How origami can help encourage self-care – by Lizzie Burns, creative specialist.

  Lizzie Burns, our creative specialist, explores how origami can help to calm your mind and reduce stress. Lizzie also discusses how she's adapted her work to offer online classes during the COVID-19 pandemic.

• The importance of clinical trials in identifying tomorrow’s treatment options

  Today is International Clinical Trials Day, an important day on the UCLH calendar because research is an integral part of UCLH’s mission.

• UCLH patient first in world to receive a new investigational drug in a phase 1 trial

  A UCLH patient with a rare hormonal condition is the first in the world to receive a new investigational drug in a first-in-human trial.

• Changes to the Carbs & Cals app 

  The Carbs & Cals app is moving to a subscription-based service.

• New health clinic built into an eco-tricycle to treat homeless patients

  Find & Treat's new prototype Eco-Tricycle will visit parks, hostels, soup kitchens, be able to arrive under bridges or other street outreach locations to screen homeless patients for infectious diseases and more.

• Dangoor Family’s Exilarch’s Foundation gift to speed up pioneering cancer care at UCLH

  UCLH Charity is delighted to announce that the Dangoor Family’s Exilarch’s Foundation has pledged a £1.2m gift to support the next phase of the development of the CAR T programme at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH). The CAR T Speed Release Project aims to reduce the time between extracting patient’s stem cells and injecting re-engineered CAR T cells back into patients with cancer to fight cancer cells.

• Organisations providing further support to anyone affected by cancer or a blood condition

  A directory of UK organisations which provide specialist support to anyone affected by cancer or a blood condition

• £1.5m donation to transform neonatal brain injury research at UCLH

  UCLH Charity is delighted to announce a generous £1.5 million donation from the Bukhman Philanthropies.

• King’s Coronation Medal awarded to our head of operations

  Alison Clements, head of operations, patient flow and EPRR, has received a medal in recognition of her work to support NHS preparations for the Coronation of Charles III and Camilla last May.