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• Hope for patients with beta thalassaemia as new gene editing therapy rolled out at UCLH

  A UCLH patient with beta thalassaemia has spent her first ever Christmas without needing to plan her life around blood transfusions after a gene-editing therapy has left her able to produce her own red blood cells.

• Paediatric Series No.16 - Radiotherapy to the pelvis

  This page is for parents and carers whose child is having radiotherapy treatment to the pelvis.

• Paediatric Series No 10 - Radiotherapy to the spine

  This page has been written for parents and carers whose child is having radiotherapy treatment to the spine (backbone).

• Paediatric Series No 09 - Having total body irradiation

  This page has been written for parents and carers whose child is having total body irradiation (TBI) for leukaemia, lymphoma, or some other rare blood disorder.

• Paediatric Series No. 7- Radiotherapy to the whole central nervous system

  This page has been written for parents and carers whose child is having radiotherapy treatment to the whole brain and spine. This treatment may also be referred to as whole central nervous system (CNS) or cranio-spinal radiotherapy.

• National roll-out of Child Houses to support victims of sexual abuse announced at UCLH’s Lighthouse

  Wes Streeting, health and social care secretary, and Jess Phillips, minister for safeguarding, joined Sadiq Khan, mayor of London, and Kaya Comer-Schwartz, deputy mayor for policing and crime, at UCLH’s Lighthouse to announce a national roll-out of Child Houses to all NHS regions.

• Molecular Radiotherapy Series No.1 – Information for Carers of Children and Young People Having mIBG Treatment

  This page has been written for parents, carers and family members who are acting as carers and comforters for children and young people having radioactive mIBG treatment.

• Peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs)

  This information is for UCLH patients with cancer or a blood condition who are being offered a PICC (peripherally inserted central catheter).

• Guide to managing an IBD Flare: My Crohn’s and Ulcerative Colitis

  This page explains what to do if you think your IBD symptoms have returned and who to contact for support.

• Your pathway coordinator (Teenage and Young Adult Service)

  This page provides details of your treatment pathway coordinator for the Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Service.