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• NHS patients to benefit from state-of-the-art diagnostic tests for Parkinson’s & Mitochondrial diseases, resulting from a UK-first partnership

  Next generation testing, artificial intelligence, advanced mass spectrometry and machine learning is about to be used for diagnostics in the U.K. thanks to a new partnership between UCLH and Guilford Street Laboratories (GSL).

• Optimal time to treat Huntington’s disease identified

  The earliest brain changes due to Huntington’s disease can be detected 24 years before clinical symptoms show, according to a new UCL-led study.

• UCLH doctors take part in art workshops

  Last year, UCLH Arts & Heritage and our resident doctor community worked collaboratively to run a series of 10 creative workshops looking at various art-making methods aimed at improving the wellbeing of doctors.

• Brain changes in Huntington’s disease decades before diagnosis will guide future prevention trials

  Subtle changes in the brain, detectable through advanced imaging, blood and spinal fluid analysis, happen around twenty years before a clinical motor diagnosis in people with Huntington’s disease, a new study at UCLH and UCL has found.

• Mohammod Alom - Booking coordinator in the Proton Beam Therapy Unit

  Meet Mohammod, a booking coordinator in our Proton Beam Therapy unit, who supports patients and their families throughout their treatment.

• NHS75 – revisiting one of our first proton beam therapy patients, Prescilia

  Prescilia from Hackney was one of the first patients to be treated at the UCLH proton beam therapy centre which opened in December 2021.

• Immunomodulatory drug for COVID-19 trialled at UCLH

  UCLH is contributing to a national priority trial of the drug ruxolitinib in patients with Covid-19 pneumonia (infection of the lungs).

• UCLH recruits first participant internationally for new trial in Frontotemporal dementia

  UCLH has recruited the first participant to an international trial in frontotemporal dementia (FTD), one of the most common causes of early-onset dementia.

• Research into restoring loss of smell and taste in COVID patients

  Specialist teams at UCLH and UCL are at the forefront of research which could bring hope to people who have been robbed of their sense of smell and taste after suffering the long-term legacy of COVID-19.

• Photo essay on UCLH staff published on Tortoise website

  As photographer Tom Pilston searched for a way to make his contribution during the Covid-19 pandemic, he cast around for a project which would allow him to pay tribute to the NHS he describes as "all that is good about the UK ... humane and caring, hard-working, sensitive and strong".