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• Increase in delirium, rare brain inflammation and stroke linked to COVID-19

  Neurological complications of COVID-19 can include delirium, brain inflammation, stroke and nerve damage, finds a new UCL and UCLH-led study.

• 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.

• New national study on long-term health impacts of COVID-19 launched

  UCLH will be part of a major UK research study looking at the long-term health impacts of COVID-19.

• Faith leaders in Islington call for everyone to be vaccinated

  “Vaccines do not kill, the virus does”: that was the message from local leaders from a variety of different faiths during an event at the newly opened vaccination centre at the Business Design Centre in Islington.

• National Day of Reflection: remembering all those we have lost during this pandemic

  Today, this National Day of Reflection, we remember those members of staff who we sadly lost due to COVID-19.

• Dr Katherine Clesham

  Dr Katherine Clesham is a consultant haematologist specialising in the treatment of teenagers and young adults with acute leukaemia and patients undergoing stem cell transplantation and CAR-T therapy.

• Gender Identity Development Service – legal update 26 March 2021

  The High Court has today (26 March) ruled that parents can consent on behalf of their child for hormone-blocking treatment in cases of gender dysphoria.

• Biatain® dressings for radiotherapy and proton beam therapy skin reactions

  Patient information who have been recommended to use a Biatain® dressing on your skin that has broken down due to your radiotherapy or proton beam therapy treatment.

• 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.

• UCLH launches new animated videos for patients with spasticity

  The spasticity team at The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (NHNN) has produced a series of short animated videos. The films were funded by The National Brain Appeal, the charity dedicated to supporting NHNN.