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• IR Port-a-cath Insertion

  This page tells you about having a Port-a-cath Insertion (implantable port) with the Interventional Radiology team.

• First UK patient receives innovative lung cancer vaccine

  A lung cancer patient at UCLH is the first to receive a novel cancer vaccine designed to prime the immune system to recognise and fight cancer cells.

• UCLH top in England in CQC inpatient survey for the second year running

  UCLH has received excellent results in the 2023 National Adult Inpatient Survey this year, with patients rating their overall care 8.8 out of 10. This is an improvement on last year's score of 8.7 and once again makes us the best performing acute/combined trust in England.

• Induction of labour when your baby is overdue or ‘post-dates’

  This page aims to help you decide if a post-dates induction of labour is the right decision for you and your baby.

• Doctors urged to treat patients with sudden hearing loss within seven days

  A team of clinician scientists at UCLH have identified the factors which predict full hearing recovery, with the strongest predictor being treatment with steroids within seven days of a sudden drop in hearing.

• The Female Genital Cutting / Mutilation (FGC/M) Children and Young People’s Clinic

  The UCLH children’s FGC/M clinic provides specialist care for children and adolescents who have undergone or are at risk of FGC/M.

• UCLH offering patients with sleep apnœa a choice of nerve stimulators

  UCLH is the first NHS centre in the UK to offer patients suffering from obstructive sleep apnœa (OSA) a choice of nerve stimulation devices to manage their condition.

• Self-administration of bortezomib

  This step-by-step guide explains how you can give yourself an injection of bortezomib at home.

• Professor Catherine Mummery

  Professor Catherine Mummery is a consultant neurologist with a research interest in early phase clinical trials in dementia and those at risk of dementia.

• Complex Facial Clinic - Botulinum toxin injections as part of the clinic treatment

  This page explains the use of botulinum toxin in the management of facial weakness and synkinesis as part of treatment process in the complex facial clinic.