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• The importance of clinical trials in identifying tomorrow’s treatment options

  Today is International Clinical Trials Day, an important day on the UCLH calendar because research is an integral part of UCLH’s mission.

• UCLH nurses attend VE Day celebration

  Two UCLH nurses who have dedicated their entire career to the NHS were invited to attend a VE Day celebration concert last Thursday.

• Help spread the message this Organ Donation Week

  More than 8,000 people are waiting for a life-changing transplant and, sadly, donor and transplant numbers have fallen. This Organ Donation Week we want to make sure as many people as possible know how important their decision could be for people on the waiting list.

• Repurposed drug improves outcomes for patients with severe COVID-19 pneumonia

  A drug commonly used to treat cystic fibrosis improved outcomes for patients with severe COVID-19 pneumonia and could be used to treat other respiratory infections, according to clinical trial results from researchers at UCLH, UCL and the Francis Crick Institute.

• IR Non-Tunnelled CVC Line Insertion (Vascath)

  This page tells you about having a Non-Tunnelled CVC Line Insertion (Vascath). This page is for those patients who have been referred to Interventional Radiology.

• Artist’s solo exhibition features work inspired by residency at UCLH

  The artist Caroline Walker, whose work was featured in The Guardian at the weekend, created some of the paintings being shown in her current solo exhibition, during an artist residency at UCLH in 2021.

• IR PICC (Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter) Insertion

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

• Cystic fibrosis drug tested to fight inflammation in COVID-19

  Patients with COVID-19 will be given the cystic fibrosis drug ‘Dornase alfa’ to determine if it can help improve survival by reducing excess inflammation in the lungs in a trial at UCLH.

• Collaborate for Care: Youth ideas matter!

  The children and young people's division at UCLH are running two events for young people aged 13 - 24 years.

• 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.