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• Focus on cancer vaccine trials at UCLH

  Among the many cancer clinical trials opening each year at UCLH, this year will see a focus on trials of personalised cancer treatments based on precision immunotherapies.

• Climate action and sustainability

  UCLH has declared a climate and health emergency and has published an action plan to reach net zero carbon dioxide emissions.

• World-first genotyping test that could transform care for people with sickle cell

  The NHS has become the first healthcare system in the world to provide a new blood group genotyping test which is set to transform care for patients living with sickle cell disorder and thalassaemia.

• People with aphasia make significant improvements thanks to intensive programme at UCLH

  People with the acquired communication disorder aphasia – which involves problems with the understanding or production of speech –have benefitted greatly from a two-year programme of therapy at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery at UCLH.

• Advice and guidance service at UCLH

  UCLH is continuing to scale up the number of services that offer Advice & Guidance, as well as identifying various improvements within the existing Advice & Guidance service. Over the last few months, UCLH has introduced 5 new specialties to the service, with additional specialties due to go live shortly.

• Study looking at whether COVID-19 and flu vaccines can be administered at the same time

  Researchers at UCLH have begun a study which could set the foundations for how booster COVID-19 vaccinations are delivered in the future.

• Speech and Language Therapy services at UCH and Westmoreland Street

  The Adult Acute speech and language therapist (SLTs) work across a range of acute hospital specialities.

• Infection Prevention and Control at UCLH
• RNOH Health and Wellbeing Information and Support Sessions

  RNOH are pleased to launch a series of regular Health and Wellbeing Information and Support Sessions to support patients following a cancer diagnosis and also during/after treatment.  These…

• Turn-of-the-century pioneer of the emerging science of neurology, NHNN neurologist James Samuel Risien Russell receives English Heritage London blue plaque

  Pioneering neurologist who worked at NHNN is commemorated with an English Heritage London blue plaque at his Wimpole Street home where he had his private practice.