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• Omnipod 5 Update

  We are very excited that the Omnipod 5 has now been launched. The team have been busy over the last few months getting training and ensuring that the pump is on our procurement system.

• UCLH Find & Treat team explain why screening is vital on World Hepatitis Day

  UCLH Find & Treat team explain why screening is vital on World Hepatitis Day

• Covid-19 vaccine: Common stroke symptoms must be ‘urgently evaluated’

  UCLH and UCL neurologists have published the first clinical observations of patients who experienced an ischaemic stroke, the most common form of stroke, following an Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine.

• BBC documentary featuring UCLH clinicians highlights harms of ultra-processed food

  A BBC One documentary featuring clinicians at UCLH which airs this Thursday highlights the harm to the body and brain caused by ultra-processed food.

• Prime Minister visits UCLH vaccination centre

  Prime Minister Boris Johnson visited the vaccination centre at the Islington Business Design Centre yesterday. 

• UCLH to lead data initiative to improve care for myeloma patients

  UCLH is to lead an initiative to improve care for myeloma patients alongside Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (OUH) and University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust (UHS).

• MRI scans improve prostate cancer diagnosis in screening trial

  Using MRI alongside PSA density allowed detection of cancers that would have been missed by the blood test alone, according to research from UCLH, UCL and King’s College London.

• Rare cases of blood clots and low platelets after vaccination

  UCLH-led research paper outlines mechanism behind rare cases of blood clots and low platelets after vaccination

• Covid-19 variant more transmissible but does not increase disease severity in hospitalised patients

  A study of patients at UCLH and North Middlesex University Hospital published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases suggests that the B.1.17. variant of Covid-19 is not associated with more severe illness and death, but appears to lead to higher virus load.

• CQC inspection again rates UCLH maternity as ‘Good’.

  The Elizabeth Garrett Anderson maternity service at UCLH has been rated ‘Good’ following an inspection by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) in June 2023.