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• Cystic fibrosis drug tested to fight inflammation in COVID-19

  Patients with COVID-19 will be given the cystic fibrosis drug ‘Dornase alfa’ to determine if it can help improve survival by reducing excess inflammation in the lungs in a trial at UCLH.

• Preterm babies do not habituate to repeated pain

  Preterm infants do not get used to repeated pain in the way that full-term infants, children and adults do habituate to pain, finds a study at UCLH and UCL.

• A massive thank you to our amazing staff

  Today is the 72 anniversary of the NHS – and it is dedicated to our amazing staff.

• New health clinic built into an eco-tricycle to treat homeless patients

  Find & Treat's new prototype Eco-Tricycle will visit parks, hostels, soup kitchens, be able to arrive under bridges or other street outreach locations to screen homeless patients for infectious diseases and more.

• Transforming the everyday into something beautiful: How origami can help encourage self-care – by Lizzie Burns, creative specialist.

  Lizzie Burns, our creative specialist, explores how origami can help to calm your mind and reduce stress. Lizzie also discusses how she's adapted her work to offer online classes during the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Spread of COVID-19 mapped in hospitals to ‘break the chain’ of transmission

  UCLH will be part of a first-of-its kind clinical trial, led by scientists at UCL, that will evaluate the use of ‘real time’ viral genomic data to reduce the spread of COVID-19 within hospitals.

• Marcel Levi to step down as chief executive

  UCLH chair Baroness Julia Neuberger has today announced that Professor Marcel Levi will be stepping down from his role as UCLH chief executive on 31 March 2021.

• UCLH patient first in world to receive a new investigational drug in a phase 1 trial

  A UCLH patient with a rare hormonal condition is the first in the world to receive a new investigational drug in a first-in-human trial.

• New contracts awarded to facilities management partners

  UCLH has retendered and awarded five-year contracts to two companies to provide estates and facilities services across UCLH.

• Study highlights need to identify healthcare staff who lose sense of taste or smell

  Researchers from UCLH, UCL and the University of East Anglia have highlighted the need to identify, test and isolate healthcare workers who experience a new loss of taste or smell (anosmia).