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• First patient treated on new advanced radiotherapy machine to improve cancer treatment

  Read more about the Halcyon linear accelerator, aimed at making cancer treatment faster, more comfortable, and more precise for patients.

• Dr Katherine Clesham

  Dr Katherine Clesham is a consultant haematologist specialising in the treatment of teenagers and young adults with acute leukaemia and patients undergoing stem cell transplantation and CAR-T therapy.

• Cystic fibrosis drug tested to fight inflammation in COVID-19

  Patients with COVID-19 will be given the cystic fibrosis drug ‘Dornase alfa’ to determine if it can help improve survival by reducing excess inflammation in the lungs in a trial at UCLH.

• Repurposed drug improves outcomes for patients with severe COVID-19 pneumonia

  A drug commonly used to treat cystic fibrosis improved outcomes for patients with severe COVID-19 pneumonia and could be used to treat other respiratory infections, according to clinical trial results from researchers at UCLH, UCL and the Francis Crick Institute.

• IR Non-Tunnelled CVC Line Insertion (Vascath)

  This page tells you about having a Non-Tunnelled CVC Line Insertion (Vascath). This page is for those patients who have been referred to Interventional Radiology.

• Increase in delirium, rare brain inflammation and stroke linked to COVID-19

  Neurological complications of COVID-19 can include delirium, brain inflammation, stroke and nerve damage, finds a new UCL and UCLH-led study.

• Fatigue (Post-COVID Service)

  This patient information is intended to help patients suffering from long COVID to better manage and understand their fatigue.

• New national study on long-term health impacts of COVID-19 launched

  UCLH will be part of a major UK research study looking at the long-term health impacts of COVID-19.

• UCLH Grafton Way Elective Surgical Hub receives GIRFT accreditation

  We’re delighted to announce that our Grafton Way Elective Surgical Hub has been successfully accredited as an elective surgical hub delivering high standards in clinical and operational practice.

• Good luck in the TCS London Marathon, UCLH Charity runners!

  The iconic run has returned to its regular time of the year, following two years’ disruption following the pandemic and will take place on Sunday 2 October 2022. We are lucky enough to have five people running for UCLH Charity. The money they raise will help us support patients, staff and research at UCLH.