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• First UK proton beam therapy trial for breast cancer launches at UCLH

  The first UK trial to test the benefits of proton beam therapy for certain patients with breast cancer has launched at UCLH.

• 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".

• Milestone of 1000 robotic operations reached

  The UCLH trauma and orthopaedics team has reached a milestone of 1000 operations on hips and knees using the Mako robot.

• Recruitment milestone reached in large breast cancer trial

  3000 participants have been recruited to a clinical trial led by UCL and UCLH aimed at reducing the number of patients with breast cancer who are given chemotherapy unnecessarily.

• UCLH doctor 1 of 10 international members elected to National Academy of Medicine

  UCLH doctor 1 of 10 international members elected to National Academy of Medicine

• Professor Mark Emberton, non-executive director

  Mark Emberton joined the board as a non-executive director on 1 September 2022. He is Professor of Intervention Oncology within the Division of Surgery and Dean of the Faculty of Medical Science at University College London. 

• More than 100 pieces of art in UCLH’s Grafton Way Building

  UCLH is committed to not only treat patients’ illnesses but to provide an environment and an experience which contributes to patients’ general wellbeing.

• Supporting young people with sickle cell at Tottenham Hotspur

  On Saturday 25 June 2022, UCLH partnered with North Middlesex University Hospital and Whittington Health to run a summer sickle cell event at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium for children and young people with sickle cell disorder.

• Stroke nurses first in the UK to implant cardiac monitors in patients

  The stroke team at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (NHNN) is the first in the NHS to carry out implants on cryptogenic stroke patients rather than refer them to a cardiology service.

• London hospitals partner up to run event for children and young people with sickle cell disorder at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

  North Mid, UCLH and Whittington Health are running a fun, uplifting, informative event for people with sickle cell on Saturday 25th June 2022.