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• Changes to maternity self-referrals at UCLH

  Information for GPs: UCLH has introduced changes to its maternity self-referral process to help manage rising demand and ensure we continue to provide safe, high-quality care for our local population and those who need specialist care

• New combination therapy trial for lung cancer open to recruitment

  UCLH has recruited the first participant to a new study testing an investigational combination of therapies in patients with advanced lung cancer.

• National roll-out of Child Houses to support victims of sexual abuse announced at UCLH’s Lighthouse

  Wes Streeting, health and social care secretary, and Jess Phillips, minister for safeguarding, joined Sadiq Khan, mayor of London, and Kaya Comer-Schwartz, deputy mayor for policing and crime, at UCLH’s Lighthouse to announce a national roll-out of Child Houses to all NHS regions.

• Long-term follow-up

  This information aims to help answer your questions about long-term follow-up care.

• Blood cancer patients to get new cutting-edge treatment on the NHS

  Patients with an aggressive form of leukaemia will now be able to receive a breakthrough immunotherapy on the NHS which was developed and trialled at UCLH and UCL.

• First UK patient uses thought to control computer hours after Neuralink implant

  A patient with motor neurone disease was able to control a computer just by using his thoughts following the UK’s first Neuralink implant surgery at UCLH’s National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (NHNN) in October 2025.

• 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.

• Coping with Nasal Surgery: What to Expect and How to Support Yourself

  Psychological guidance to help you prepare, cope, and recover.

• Major clinical trial aims to combat post-surgical health inequalities

  A team of clinicians and researchers at UCLH and UCL have been awarded a £2.8 million grant to combat health inequalities in patients having major surgery.

• Millions of men could benefit from faster scan to diagnose prostate cancer

  A quicker, cheaper MRI scan is just as accurate at diagnosing prostate cancer as the current 30-40 minute scan and should be rolled out to make MRI scans more accessible to men who need one, according to clinical trial results led by UCLH, UCL and the University of Birmingham.