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• 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.

• Series No.26 - High dose rate (HDR) endo-bronchial brachytherapy

  This page has been written for patients who have been referred for High Dose Rate (HDR) brachytherapy to the bronchus

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Relaxation Techniques (Post-COVID Service)

  This patient information includes different relaxation techniques which patients being seen by the Post-COVID Service team may find useful.

• Changes in Breathing Pattern (Post-COVID Service)

  Patient information leaflet for patients suffering form long COVID who are experiencing breathlessness or changes in their breathing pattern.

• IR Port-a-cath Insertion

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

• Transcervical ultrasound-guided radiofrequency ablation uterine fibroids (Sonata®)

  This provides information about a treatment for uterine fibroids known as ‘transcervical ultrasound-guided radiofrequency ablation’. You may also hear it called by the Manufacturer’s name ‘Sonata®’ for short.