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• Bright new look for UCLH postnatal ward

  Swapping the standard blue curtains for sunny yellow ones has made our postnatal ward feel brighter and less clinical.

• Covid-19 NHS vaccination centre opens at London’s Business Design Centre

  London’s Business Design Centre opens its doors this week as a large- scale COVID-19 vaccination facility.

• UCLH highest scoring trust in London for inpatients

  UCLH has continued to achieve excellent results in the National Inpatient Survey, with patients rating their overall care as 8.7 out of 10 – the top score amongst our London peers.

• Simple changes improve quality of MRI scans for prostate cancer screening

  A new study that aims to improve the quality of MRI scans for prostate cancer screening has identified simple ways to treble the number of scans that are of optimal diagnostic quality.

• Peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs)

  This information is for UCLH patients with cancer or a blood condition who are being offered a PICC (peripherally inserted central catheter).

• Fatigue (Post-COVID Service)

  This patient information is intended to help patients suffering from long COVID to better manage and understand their fatigue.

• Drug combination could be new lupus treatment

  A combination of two drugs could be an effective treatment for the debilitating disease lupus, according to preliminary evidence from a UCLH led trial.

• Steroid drug reduces mortality in hospitalised Covid-19 patients

  A national study with initial results shows steroid dexamethasone may substantially reduce mortality in severely ill Covid-19 patients.

• What causes Long COVID? (Post-COVID Service)

  This patient information provides possible explanations for the causes of long COVID.

• How are we doing? Parent and Patient Reported Experience Measure (PREM) survey

  The National Paediatric Diabetes Audit (NPDA) is asking all children and young people (8-19 years) and parents/carers (of children under 8 years old) who have received diabetes care in the past 6 months, to fill in the survey.