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• Prestigious international infectious diseases award for UCLH consultant

  UCLH Biomedical Research Centre supported Consultant Infectious Diseases Physician Professor Sir Alimuddin (Ali) Zumla has been awarded the 2020 Mahathir Science Award, the most prestigious international science award presented in recognition for the best scientific work in solving priority health problems in the tropics.

• Team behind life-saving breathing aid win prestigious engineering award

  A team at UCLH, UCL and Mercedes-AMG High Performance Powertrains which developed a Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) breathing aid now used in hospitals across the UK have received an award from the Royal Academy of Engineering for exceptional services during a pandemic.

• CT Colonography bowel preparation and diet sheet

  CT Colonography bowel preparation and diet sheet patient information leaflet

• UCLH Charity Matters - read all about it

  UCLH Charity’s magazine, Charity Matters is out now.

• Freedom of Information

  The Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) came into force on 1 January 2005 giving members of the public certain rights to ask public authorities for information relating to the public authority.

• Booster COVID-19 vaccinations update

  The Government has now set out further action aimed at tackling rising cases of the COVID-19 B1.617.2 variant of COVID-19 (also known as the Indian variant). 

• Congratulations to Anne McTiernan and Jo Coleman on winning Sarcoma UK’s inaugural Shining Star award

  Winning the award - Sarcoma Healthcare Professionals Innovation and Excellence – CNS London Sarcoma Service, The National Sarcoma Educational Programme. Jo and Anne had the vision of sharing a regular in-house education session to bring sarcoma nurses and doctors together. These monthly sessions have seen a broad range of speakers and experts in the sarcoma field from other sarcoma units, charities and researchers sharing their knowledge.

• Immunotherapy drug combination stimulates immune system against resistant cancers

  A study at UCLH has found a combination treatment of immunotherapy with an experimental drug may reverse a cancer’s resistance to immunotherapy – making the cancer sensitive to treatment again.

• Infection Inpatients

  Infection inpatients offers a variety of different specialities including Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Respiratory Medicine and Rheumatology. We are also the inpatient ward to the Hospital of Tropical Diseases.

• Study sheds light on barriers to recruitment of ethnic minority patients to research

  A study has shed light on multiple factors in the recruitment process in research that act as barriers to the recruitment of patients from minority ethnic groups to trials.