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• Covid-19 surge linked to high levels of mental ill health among intensive care staff

  Almost two-thirds of intensive care staff may have experienced a mental health disorder during the Covid-19 winter surge last year, and a similar proportion said their ability to do their job was impaired because of the state of their mental health, according to a study at UCLH.

• UCLH doubles its hip and knee operations following move to new building

  Since moving to the Grafton Way Building in April 2021, a new model of care has significantly helped the orthopaedics team

• Spread of COVID-19 mapped in hospitals to ‘break the chain’ of transmission

  UCLH will be part of a first-of-its kind clinical trial, led by scientists at UCL, that will evaluate the use of ‘real time’ viral genomic data to reduce the spread of COVID-19 within hospitals.

• Marcel Levi to step down as chief executive

  UCLH chair Baroness Julia Neuberger has today announced that Professor Marcel Levi will be stepping down from his role as UCLH chief executive on 31 March 2021.

• New contracts awarded to facilities management partners

  UCLH has retendered and awarded five-year contracts to two companies to provide estates and facilities services across UCLH.

• Study highlights need to identify healthcare staff who lose sense of taste or smell

  Researchers from UCLH, UCL and the University of East Anglia have highlighted the need to identify, test and isolate healthcare workers who experience a new loss of taste or smell (anosmia).

• Research confirms very low risk of COVID transmission from mother to unborn baby

  The research team said the placenta acted as a barrier to transmission.

• Report on Governor visit to the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery

  On Wednesday 29th March, governors Mick Goss and Fiona McLean arranged for governors to visit the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (NHNN) at Queen Square.

• New units help to reduce carbon emissions in maternity

  UCLH has moved one step closer to carbon net zero emissions with the installation of six new mobile Entonox destructions units across our birthing centre and labour wards.

• Start Well: We would like to hear from you 

  We would like to hear your views on how we could improve NHS maternity, neonatal, children and young people’s services in north central London (NCL).