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• Proton Beam Therapy explained

  Proton Beam Therapy (PBT) is a particularly effective form of radiotherapy used to treat certain types of cancers

• Long Covid linked to increased risk of abnormal blood clotting

  People suffering from long COVID may face an increased risk of abnormal blood clotting, according to a study at UCLH and UCL.

• Dangoor Family’s Exilarch’s Foundation gift to speed up pioneering cancer care at UCLH

  UCLH Charity is delighted to announce that the Dangoor Family’s Exilarch’s Foundation has pledged a £1.2m gift to support the next phase of the development of the CAR T programme at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH). The CAR T Speed Release Project aims to reduce the time between extracting patient’s stem cells and injecting re-engineered CAR T cells back into patients with cancer to fight cancer cells.

• Covid-19 surge linked to high levels of mental ill health among intensive care staff

  Almost two-thirds of intensive care staff may have experienced a mental health disorder during the Covid-19 winter surge last year, and a similar proportion said their ability to do their job was impaired because of the state of their mental health, according to a study at UCLH.

• UCLH doubles its hip and knee operations following move to new building

  Since moving to the Grafton Way Building in April 2021, a new model of care has significantly helped the orthopaedics team

• Getting to your cancer appointment

  Information about travelling to your appointment for UCLH cancer services and different locations and hospitals.

• UCLH to coordinate new £49.9m UK-wide network for dementia clinical trials 

  More people with dementia in the UK will be able to take part in research and help accelerate the development of new treatments, as the Government announces £49.9 million of new funding to build a network of dementia trials sites across the country. 

• University College Hospital’s emergency department resus area to be refurbished

  The emergency department at University College Hospital is set to undergo an ambitious refurbishment project of the resuscitation (resus) area.

• 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.

• Start Well: We would like to hear from you 

  We would like to hear your views on how we could improve NHS maternity, neonatal, children and young people’s services in north central London (NCL).