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• Steroid drug reduces mortality in hospitalised Covid-19 patients

  A national study with initial results shows steroid dexamethasone may substantially reduce mortality in severely ill Covid-19 patients.

• Connecting through coffee: UCLH Macmillan Support and Information Service launches regular meet-ups

  The UCLH Macmillan Support and Information Service Coffee Morning — a welcoming space for anyone affected by cancer or blood conditions to connect, share experiences, and find support.

• Bariatric Surgery Patients (FAQs)

  To enable us to provide a quick response when you need it most, we have developed these Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs). We kindly ask you to read through these before contacting our team as you may find the answer to your question here.

• Women’s mental agility is better during menstruation

  Participants reacted quicker and made fewer errors during menstruation, despite believing their performance would be worse, according to new research from UCL and the Institute of Sport, Exercise & Health (ISEH).

• Getting Ready for Transition (GReaT) to secondary school

  Our Getting Ready for Transition (GReaT) to secondary school parent information session will run on Wednesday 28 January 2026.

• Thoracic Surgery – Information for patients: Having a thymectomy procedure

  Patient information for patients having a thymectomy procedure.

• How are we doing? Parent and Patient Reported Experience Measure (PREM) survey

  The National Paediatric Diabetes Audit (NPDA) is asking all children and young people (8-19 years) and parents/carers (of children under 8 years old) who have received diabetes care in the past 6 months, to fill in the survey.

• Immunotherapy significantly increases the number of patients free from bowel cancer

  An immunotherapy drug given before surgery instead of chemotherapy meant that significantly more patients with a certain genetic profile were cancer free after surgery, according to clinical trial results presented by researchers at UCL and UCLH.

• Thoracic Surgery – Information for patients: Having surgery via median sternotomy

  Information for patients having a surgery via median sternotomy.

• Thoracic Surgery – Information for patients: Having a mediastinoscopy / mediastinotomy procedure

  Information for patients having a mediastinoscopy / mediastinotomy procedure.