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• Johanna Moss, director of strategy

  Johanna Moss was appointed to the Board on 7 January 2025 as the director of strategy. Prior to this Jo was the chief strategy and transformation officer for the North East London Integrated Care Board and she also held the role of director of strategy and partnerships at Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust for seven years, where she was the lead for their major capital project to build a new hospital and research centre in Camden.

• Abiraterone could halve risk of prostate cancer death for some patients

  Adding the hormone therapy abiraterone to the standard treatment for locally advanced prostate cancer, where the cancer has a high chance of spreading, could halve the risk of death, according to the results of a trial at UCLH and UCL.

• MiniMed™ insulin pump battery cap field safety notice

  Medtronic have informed us that there is a potential issue relating to the battery cap on some Medtronic insulin pumps (including 640, 670 and 780 series pumps).

• Daniell Regan: What do you, we, I see? (2022)

  An online exhibition by Dr Sarah Yardley and artist Daniel Regan, exploring the role of relationships and relationship-centred approaches to healthcare.

• UCLH cancer services gains PIF TICK accreditation to become a ‘trusted information creator’

  UCLH cancer services including radiotherapy has been awarded the PIF TICK – the UK’s only assessed quality mark for print and online health and care information.

• Health Services Laboratories (HSL) update: Helix platform – UCLH

  UCLH will transition to a new Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) for Blood Science disciplines’ (Biochemistry, Immunology, Haematology, Coagulation and Virology) testing. The new platform is known as ‘Helix’. This is a change to the laboratory system only, as such there should be no change to GP users in requesting or receiving reports.

• Patient story - Zehavah Handler

  Patient story - Zehavah Handler - When sleep becomes a nightmare. Zehavah Handler struggled to sleep for 25 years before completing a five-week course at UCLH’s insomnia clinic. Here, she tells us how it changed her life.

• Temporary paediatric service changes: an open letter

  This week, clinical leaders across north central London have written to our local newspapers, outlining the rationale for temporary changes to children and young people's services across the region. The letter reflects on some of the lessons learnt from the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and the need to plan ahead for a likely second surge and a busy winter with all of the challenges that will bring. You can read the letter in full here:

• What is diabetes?

  There’s a lot of information available out there. Here you can find information about type 1 and type 2 diabetes.

• The Female Genital Cutting / Mutilation (FGC/M) Children and Young People’s Clinic

  The UCLH children’s FGC/M clinic provides specialist care for children and adolescents who have undergone or are at risk of FGC/M.