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• Antibody treatment reduces risk of symptomatic COVID-19 by 77%

  An antibody treatment trialled at UCLH cuts the risk of developing symptomatic COVID-19 by 77%.

• Thank you to the Islington Business Design Centre as the vaccination centre closes today

  After almost six months and more than 120,000 vaccinations the Islington Business Design Centre closes as a vaccination centre today (20 August 2021).

• Research into restoring loss of smell and taste in COVID patients

  Specialist teams at UCLH and UCL are at the forefront of research which could bring hope to people who have been robbed of their sense of smell and taste after suffering the long-term legacy of COVID-19.

• Our National Health Stories: UCLH Poetry Commission (2023)

  As part of Our National Health Stories, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust commissioned five poets to write and share stories from the NHS.

• Photo essay on UCLH staff published on Tortoise website

  As photographer Tom Pilston searched for a way to make his contribution during the Covid-19 pandemic, he cast around for a project which would allow him to pay tribute to the NHS he describes as "all that is good about the UK ... humane and caring, hard-working, sensitive and strong".

• National play toolkit to reduce children’s medical trauma launched at UCLH

  A new toolkit to support babies, children and young people in healthcare access high quality health play services was launched at UCLH last week with UCLH chief nurse Vanessa Sweeney welcoming visitors from NHS England and the play charity Starlight.

• The top trust in England to work for

  UCLH has received the highest score of all general acute and acute/community NHS trusts in England for staff that would recommend us as a place to work for two years running.

• First treatment for rare disease approved by UK medicines regulator

  The first ever treatment for the rare neurodegenerative disease Friedreich’s ataxia – for which UCLH and UCL led the UK trial – has been approved for use in the UK by the medicines’ regulator.

• UCLH Grafton Way Elective Surgical Hub receives GIRFT accreditation

  We’re delighted to announce that our Grafton Way Elective Surgical Hub has been successfully accredited as an elective surgical hub delivering high standards in clinical and operational practice.

• New pop-up clinics in Islington make it easier to get the Covid-19 vaccine

  Pop-up clinics in Islington will make it easier for people who are eligible for the Covid-19 vaccine – especially those who are elderly, homeless, vulnerable or in need of support – to get it closer to home.