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• Patients rate UCLH 8.5 out of 10

  UCLH continues to achieve excellent results in the National Inpatient Survey. In 2021 patients rated their overall care as 8.5 out of 10 which is the top score in London and the second best in the Shelford Group.

• Health and the Climate and Ecological Emergency Exhibition

  Exhibition co-curated by Healthcare Arts Collective and UCLH Arts and Heritage 25th August - 20th October 2021, UCH Street Gallery, 235 Euston Road

• First patient treated on new advanced radiotherapy machine to improve cancer treatment

  Read more about the Halcyon linear accelerator, aimed at making cancer treatment faster, more comfortable, and more precise for patients.

• 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.

• Congratulations to our three RCN Nursing Award winners

  It’s a clean sweep for our nominees at this year’s RCN Nursing Awards. Congratulations to winners Jo Hargroves, Robert Vicente and Susie Lagrata!

• UCLH Grafton Way Elective Surgical Hub receives GIRFT accreditation

  We’re delighted to announce that our Grafton Way Elective Surgical Hub has been successfully accredited as an elective surgical hub delivering high standards in clinical and operational practice.

• 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.

• Research into restoring loss of smell and taste in COVID patients

  Specialist teams at UCLH and UCL are at the forefront of research which could bring hope to people who have been robbed of their sense of smell and taste after suffering the long-term legacy of COVID-19.

• National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery at Cleveland Street

  The National Hospital for Neurosurgery at Cleveland Street opened its doors to patients on 4 April 2016. This brand new centre was developed to provide a new home for our Pain Management Centre, a nationally recognized centre of excellence for people with longstanding pain. Set over two floors the centre has group rooms and consulting clinic rooms as well as procedure rooms.Some multiple sclerosis clinics and outpatient appointments for the National Prion Clinic are also held at the centre.

• One year at the Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals

  The hospital marked the start of the year a visit by HM The Queen in February 2020. A few weeks after this celebration, the pandemic took hold and the hospital stepped up to help.