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• Treating acute myeloid leukaemia (AML)

  Your acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) treatment will be delivered within a number of comprehensive specialised services led by medical and nursing cancer care experts.

• Stroke nurses first in the UK to implant cardiac monitors in patients

  The stroke team at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (NHNN) is the first in the NHS to carry out implants on cryptogenic stroke patients rather than refer them to a cardiology service.

• What is acute myeloid leukaemia (AML)?

  Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (AML) is a form of cancer that develops in your bone marrow and affects your blood cells.

• Jaydam Tierney - occupational therapist

  Jaydam Tierney had wanted to be an occupational therapist since school, and is now enjoying the fast-paced environment of the emergency department.

• SUMMIT Study catches up with pre-pandemic follow up appointments

  As World Lung Cancer Day approaches (1 August) the SUMMIT Study reports that it has made great strides in catching up with patients whose nodule follow ups were cancelled due to COVID-19.

• Single-dose radiotherapy as effective for treating breast cancer, long-term study finds

  A pioneering breast cancer therapy developed by UCLH and UCL, which requires just one shot of radiotherapy rather than conventional weeks-long treatment, has proven to be as effective for most women in treating the disease.

• Your pathway coordinator (Teenage and Young Adult Service)

  This page provides details of your treatment pathway coordinator for the Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Service.

• Age no criterion for decisions on heart attack treatment, new research finds

  Elderly patients suffering the most common type of heart attack may benefit from more invasive treatment, new research involving UCLH has shown.

• Second #GunnerGetJabbed event at the Emirates Stadium between 7-10 August

  A second mass vaccination event will be held over four days this month at Emirates Stadium in a bid to give thousands more people the chance to have their first or second dose of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine.

• Loss of smell a ‘highly specific’ indicator of Covid-19, finds UCLH and UCL research

  Acute loss of sense of smell should be considered globally as a criterion for self-isolation, testing, and contact tracing for Covid-19 infection according to researchers at UCLH and UCL.