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• Molecular Radiotherapy Series No.6 – Information for parents of children and young people having radioactive iodine (131I) treatment

  This page is for parents, carers and family members who are acting as comforters and carers for children and young people having radioactive iodine (131I) treatment.

• Aftercare Guidance Following an Intrathecal Baclofen Pump Implant

  Information for patients (or anyone who is involved in their care) who have undergone implantation of an Intrathecal Baclofen Pump under the care of the team at this hospital.

• Guide to managing an IBD Flare: My Crohn’s and Ulcerative Colitis

  This page explains what to do if you think your IBD symptoms have returned and who to contact for support.

• John McGrath

  John McGrath is a newly appointed governor as a stakeholder member from North Central London Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG). He is a local GP and has lived and worked in Islington for the last decade in a number of different settings, including multiple GP surgeries as a salaried doctor, local A&E departments and urgent care.

• National roll-out of Child Houses to support victims of sexual abuse announced at UCLH’s Lighthouse

  Wes Streeting, health and social care secretary, and Jess Phillips, minister for safeguarding, joined Sadiq Khan, mayor of London, and Kaya Comer-Schwartz, deputy mayor for policing and crime, at UCLH’s Lighthouse to announce a national roll-out of Child Houses to all NHS regions.

• Robotic surgery for bladder cancer improves patient recovery time

  Robot-assisted surgery used to perform bladder cancer removal and reconstruction enables patients to recover far more quickly and spend significantly less time in hospital, concludes a trial led by UCLH, UCL and the University of Sheffield.

• National play toolkit to reduce children’s medical trauma launched at UCLH

  A new toolkit to support babies, children and young people in healthcare access high quality health play services was launched at UCLH last week with UCLH chief nurse Vanessa Sweeney welcoming visitors from NHS England and the play charity Starlight.

• NHS England consults on interim specification for new gender services

  NHS England has published a proposed interim specification for the new services for children and young people experiencing gender dysphoria.

• Gastroscopy – a guide for patients (Standard diet)

  This page explains what a gastroscopy is and what it involves for patients on a standard diet.

• Hope for patients with beta thalassaemia as new gene editing therapy rolled out at UCLH

  A UCLH patient with beta thalassaemia has spent her first ever Christmas without needing to plan her life around blood transfusions after a gene-editing therapy has left her able to produce her own red blood cells.