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• Towards net zero - clinical activity

  Delivering vital interventions, medicines and all other healthcare services are responsible for a major part of the NHS’s carbon emissions. We need to redesign our services to reduce their environmental impact, whilst maintaining the highest standards of care delivery. This page outlines our progress so far.

• 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.

• UCLH and Crick research influence new national treatment guidelines for COVID-19

  Research from UCLH and the Francis Crick Institute has had an important impact on draft NICE guidance.

• Junior doctor industrial action in March

  The British Medical Association (BMA) has announced that its junior doctor members will take industrial action between 13 and 16 March. The strike action will impact all UCLH hospitals.

• Research autopsies reveal how incurable skin cancer resists treatment

  Research conducted at UCLH has discovered how some skin cancers stop responding to treatment at the end of life.

• Junior doctor industrial action in April

  The British Medical Association (BMA) has announced that its junior doctor members will take industrial action between 11 and 15 April. The strike action will impact all UCLH hospitals.

• World-first MS mega-trial opens

  UCLH is the first site in the UK to open in a world-first trial for people living with progressive forms of multiple sclerosis.

• Research seeking greater understanding of rare blood cancer and how to treat it

  A new research study at UCLH and UCL will investigate how a rare type of blood cancer develops and what types of treatment may be effective for patients.

• National leadership award for UCLH research practitioner

  UCLH research manager Sarah Taylor has won a national leadership award for her work to develop and train research staff.

• Ultrasound-guided facet joint injection

  In partnership with Camden MSK, our department has agreed to provide ultrasound-guided cervical (neck) and lumbar (lower back) facet joint injections to patients referred by the Camden community MSK services.