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• World-first genotyping test that could transform care for people with sickle cell

  The NHS has become the first healthcare system in the world to provide a new blood group genotyping test which is set to transform care for patients living with sickle cell disorder and thalassaemia.

• Plasma Exchange Service at NHNN

  Information about the Therapeutic Plasma Exchange at NHNN for patients, carers, and families.

• Advice and guidance service at UCLH

  UCLH is continuing to scale up the number of services that offer Advice & Guidance, as well as identifying various improvements within the existing Advice & Guidance service. Over the last few months, UCLH has introduced 5 new specialties to the service, with additional specialties due to go live shortly.

• People with aphasia make significant improvements thanks to intensive programme at UCLH

  People with the acquired communication disorder aphasia – which involves problems with the understanding or production of speech –have benefitted greatly from a two-year programme of therapy at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery at UCLH.

• BCG treatment for bladder cancer

  This information will give you an overview of BCG immunotherapy, how it is given and side effects it may cause.

• UCLH piloting software aimed at reducing stroke health inequalities

  UCLH is the first NHS trust to pilot a personalised educational package for patients living with stroke.

• Fiona Farrell - clinical physiologist at the Sir William Gowers Unit

  Fiona Farrell works at the Sir William Gowers Unit, a specialist treatment centre for epilepsy and related disorders.

• UCLH top trust to work at in England

  Our staff have rated UCLH as the top trust in England, improving on our ranking from last year when we were third best in England and top in London.

• Research at UCLH to tackle RSV infections in infants

  UCLH will play a vital role in a new respiratory virus study.

• University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street

  Urology services and thoracic surgery are now provided at University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street. Cardiac services have transferred from UCLH to the Barts Heart Centre at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, new services have moved into the hospital. The following services are based at the University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street: Thoracic Surgery Inpatient Stone Team Services (patients being admitted for operations) Robotic Surgery inpatients Andrology inpatients Male reconstructive inpatient surgery Adolescent urology inpatients Urological Cancer patients Functional restorative and female urology inpatients All urology outpatients clinics