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• Paediatric Series No. 8 - Radiotherapy to the whole lungs

  This information has been written for parents and carers whose child is having radiotherapy treatment to the whole lungs. The page explains the side effects your child may experience during and after treatment, and how best to cope with them.

• Professor Catherine Mummery

  Professor Catherine Mummery is a consultant neurologist with a research interest in early phase clinical trials in dementia and those at risk of dementia.

• FACETS: A Fatigue Management Group

  This page explains what FACETS is and how it can help you.

• First UK patient receives innovative lung cancer vaccine

  A lung cancer patient at UCLH is the first to receive a novel cancer vaccine designed to prime the immune system to recognise and fight cancer cells.

• UCLH top in England in CQC inpatient survey for the second year running

  UCLH has received excellent results in the 2023 National Adult Inpatient Survey this year, with patients rating their overall care 8.8 out of 10. This is an improvement on last year's score of 8.7 and once again makes us the best performing acute/combined trust in England.

• First patient takes part in new Phase 1 clinical trial for patients with recurrent glioblastoma

  To mark International Brain Tumour Awareness Week, UCLH and The National Brain Appeal are announcing a new clinical trial for patients with recurrent glioblastoma brain cancer. 

• Induction of labour when your baby is overdue or ‘post-dates’

  This page aims to help you decide if a post-dates induction of labour is the right decision for you and your baby.

• Paediatric Series No.11 - Radiotherapy to a limb

  This page is for parents and carers whose child is having radiotherapy treatment to a limb (arm or leg).

• Doctors urged to treat patients with sudden hearing loss within seven days

  A team of clinician scientists at UCLH have identified the factors which predict full hearing recovery, with the strongest predictor being treatment with steroids within seven days of a sudden drop in hearing.

• Paediatric Series No 12 - Anaesthesia for children having radiotherapy

  This page is to help prepare you and the family for your child’s radiotherapy treatment under a general anaesthetic.