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• IR Vortex® Port-a-cath Insertion

  This booklet tells you about having a Vortex® Port-a-cath Insertion (implantable port) with the Interventional Radiology team.

• VA PICC (Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter) Insertion

  This page tells you about having a PICC (Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter) line insertion with the Vascular Access team.

• Paediatric Series No. 7- Radiotherapy to the whole central nervous system

  This page has been written for parents and carers whose child is having radiotherapy treatment to the whole brain and spine. This treatment may also be referred to as whole central nervous system (CNS) or cranio-spinal radiotherapy.

• Study sheds light on accidental awareness during pregnancy-related surgery and how to prevent it

  Around 1 in 250 women may experience consciousness during pregnancy-related surgery under general anaesthesia, according to a national study which sheds light on why this occurs.

• Faster diagnosis pathway for gynaecology

  This page is for patients who have been referred by their GP to a gynaecology specialist because their symptoms need further tests.

• Paediatric Series No 09 - Having total body irradiation

  This page has been written for parents and carers whose child is having total body irradiation (TBI) for leukaemia, lymphoma, or some other rare blood disorder.

• UCLH researchers find way to reduce side effects of treatment for adrenal disorder

  A research team involving UCLH clinicians has found a way to reduce the side effects of treatment for a disorder of the adrenal glands.

• Paediatric Series No 10 - Radiotherapy to the spine

  This page has been written for parents and carers whose child is having radiotherapy treatment to the spine (backbone).

• History making decision announced for Thalassaemia patients!

  Outcome of National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) Technology Appraisal for Exagamglogene autotemcel (Exa-cel) for treating transfusion- dependent beta thalassaemia [ID4015] in individuals 12 years and over. 

• Lower Gastrointestinal suspected cancer pathway

  This page is for patients who have been referred on a suspected cancer pathway.