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• University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street celebrates 10 years

  Colleagues, past and present, came together to mark the tenth anniversary of University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street.

• Covid-19 NHS vaccination centre opens at London’s Business Design Centre

  London’s Business Design Centre opens its doors this week as a large- scale COVID-19 vaccination facility.

• Second generation CAR T-cell therapy trialled in patients

  A new CAR T-cell therapy developed by scientists at UCL has fewer ‘toxic’ side-effects and is more durable, targeting and killing cancer cells for longer, concludes a Phase 1 clinical trial of patients at UCLH.

• Loss of smell a ‘highly specific’ indicator of Covid-19, finds UCLH and UCL research

  Acute loss of sense of smell should be considered globally as a criterion for self-isolation, testing, and contact tracing for Covid-19 infection according to researchers at UCLH and UCL.

• Age no criterion for decisions on heart attack treatment, new research finds

  Elderly patients suffering the most common type of heart attack may benefit from more invasive treatment, new research involving UCLH has shown.

• Single-dose radiotherapy as effective for treating breast cancer, long-term study finds

  A pioneering breast cancer therapy developed by UCLH and UCL, which requires just one shot of radiotherapy rather than conventional weeks-long treatment, has proven to be as effective for most women in treating the disease.

• Down The Garden Path (2023)

  The street gallery at University College Hospital is home to a new exhibition of artworks presenting unique perspectives on the theme of gardens.

• Next-generation treatment for multiple myeloma shows early promise

  Initial results from an early phase study testing the safety and efficacy of a new drug for multiple myeloma have shown a 100 per cent overall response rate in patients with recurrent disease who were given the clinically recommended dose of the investigational drug.

• Dynamic Sweat Test (DST) (Autonomic Unit)

  This booklet has been written by the Autonomic Unit at The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (NHNN). The aim of the booklet is to provide information about the Dynamic Sweat Test (DST).

• Series No. 65 - A service evaluation of MRI scanning as part of the pre-treatment process in proton beam therapy

  This page is for patients who have been asked to take part in a service evaluation looking at Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) at the Proton Beam Therapy department at UCLH. This information explains why we are doing this evaluation and what it would involve for you.