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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.

• UCLH implements reusable theatre hats to improve sustainability

  UCLH is making the change from single use to named reusable fabric theatre hats for staff working in operating theatres.

• 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 technology to improve cancer care to be tested in clinical practice

  UCLH have been awarded a grant of over half a million pounds to test in clinical practice new technology designed to improve cancer care.

• Last week to share your views on the future of maternity, neonatal and children’s surgical services in North Central London

  There are just a few days left to share your views as part of a public consultation on proposed changes to how and where maternity, neonatal, and children’s surgical services could be provided in North Central London. The consultation closes on Sunday, 17 March 2024.

• Antibody levels vary according to vaccine type and previous infection with COVID-19

  Two doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine induce lower levels of antibodies that are able to recognise and fight the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant (B.1.617.2) than against other strains, according to laboratory findings from UCLH and the Francis Crick Institute.

• UCLH to be part of vital health data partnership

  UCLH is to work in partnership with University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust in a major digital health initiative in which researchers use data collected in acute care settings to improve patient care.

• Tom Pilston: One Year On (2020)

  In May 2020, UCLH invited acclaimed photographer Tom Pilston to take portraits of staff at the height of 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.