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• Martin Jacobs, non-executive director

  Martin Jacobs joined UCLH as a non-executive director on 1 January 2020. He spent 20 years with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) where he was a Partner within the Corporate Finance division.

• Gloves off for better safety and a greener NHS

  UCLH is reminding staff that gloves are not always required, by reducing the instances where non-sterile plastic gloves are used when treating non-infectious patients. The focus is now on how clean hands are just as effective a barrier against infection.

• Field Safety Notice – CamAPS FX app version 1.4(172) and all previous versions

  Until this point, if a largely over estimated total daily dose was entered by the user incorrectly, there is a risk of over delivery of insulin during Auto mode. This risk is the highest on the first day and reduces gradually over subsequent days.

• Field Safety Notice – Dana I pump (or Diabecare DANA-i) (Manufactured before October 2022)

  We have been informed that there has been an increasing number of fractures in the battery securing parts of this pump. During the insulin pump use, if the device is dropped or excessive force is applied, some of the device's battery securing parts may break.

• New ways to predict outcomes of pregnancies with fetal growth problems

  A team at UCLH and UCL have developed new methods to predict outcomes for pregnancies where there are issues with poor growth of the baby inside the womb.

• Understanding your child's behaviour

  This is an 8-week online parent group led by the Child Wellbeing Practitioners at UCLH.

• The acute leukaemia multidisciplinary team (MDT)

  This page is about the leukaemia multidisciplinary team (MDT) and how they can help you through your treatment.

• Series No 42 - Radiotherapy for meningiomas

  This page has been written for patients who are having a course of radiotherapy for a brain tumour called a meningioma.

• Series No. 44 - Radiotherapy for craniopharyngiomas and pituitary adenomas

  This information is for patients who are about to start a course of radiotherapy to the prostate/prostate bed.

• Series No 45 - Conformal radiotherapy for brain metastases

  This information page has been written to help answer some of the questions you may have about brain metastases, and their treatment with this specialised radiotherapy technique.