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• Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) – legal update 17 September 2021

  Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust, which leads the national Gender Identity and Development Service (GIDS).

• Homecare Delivery Service – Deferasirox tablets

  This page explains what the homecare delivery service service is and how to access it for patients who have been prescribed Deferasirox.

• UCLH’s lead infection prevention and control nurses announced as finalists for this year’s Royal College of Nursing Awards

  Leila Hail and Gema Martinez-Garcia have been announced as finalists for the 2021 Royal College of Nursing (RCN) Awards in the Outstanding Contribution to Infection Prevention and Control category.

• Outpatient strategy sets out our vision for the future

  Zero carbon, virtual appointments, specialist advice in primary care settings, thousands using online services, remote monitoring and digitising admin tasks: these are just some of the ways we will achieve patient-centred, integrated, excellent care for our patients as set out in our new outpatient strategy.

• Implantable Loop Recorder (ILR)

  An ILR is a sealed metal and plastic device, which contains a battery and electronic circuits. ILR is offered to patients who have symptoms / possible symptoms that could be result of an arrhythmia.

• Patient-initiated follow-up (PIFU)

  "Patient-initiated follow-up” appointments (PIFU ) allow you to arrange a follow-up appointment if and when you need it.

• UCLH - Maternity Voices Partnership

  The UCLH Maternity Voices Partnership (MVP) is a team of women and their families, commissioners and providers (midwives and doctors) working together to review and contribute to the development of local maternity care.

• Homecare Delivery service – Desferrioxamine Infusions

  This page explains what the homecare delivery service service is and how to access it for patients who have been prescribed Desferrioxamine (Desferal®).

• Prescriptions and health costs

  All medications given to you while you are an inpatient are provided free of charge. At follow-up appointments, you may be given a prescription by your doctor or nurse. This must be collected from the hospital pharmacy; you cannot take it to your local chemist. There is a standard prescription charge per item which you can pay for by cash or card.

• Anticoagulation

  Anticoagulants are medicines that help prevent blood clots. They're given to people at a high risk of getting clots, to reduce their chances of developing serious conditions such as strokes and heart attacks.