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• Maternal Fetal Assessment Unit (MFAU)

  If you need an assessment by a midwife or doctor that is outside of your routine antenatal appointments you will be invited to attend the Maternal and Fetal Assessment Unit (MFAU).

• Meet Matthew and Lillyanne

  Matthew Fielden and Lillyanne Tran volunteer in the cognitive disorders outpatients’ clinic at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery.

• Dr Steve Harris appointed as Chief Research Information Officer

  UCLH is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Steve Harris as Chief Research Information Officer (CRIO).

• UCLH launches new animated videos for patients with spasticity

  The spasticity team at The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (NHNN) has produced a series of short animated videos. The films were funded by The National Brain Appeal, the charity dedicated to supporting NHNN.

• Simple changes improve quality of MRI scans for prostate cancer screening

  A new study that aims to improve the quality of MRI scans for prostate cancer screening has identified simple ways to treble the number of scans that are of optimal diagnostic quality.

• Dr J. S. Risien Russell, one of Britain’s first black consultants, commemorated with portrait

  The new artwork celebrates the pioneering researcher, teacher and neurology consultant at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery.

• Loss of smell a ‘highly specific’ indicator of Covid-19, finds UCLH and UCL research

  Acute loss of sense of smell should be considered globally as a criterion for self-isolation, testing, and contact tracing for Covid-19 infection according to researchers at UCLH and UCL.

• Second #GunnerGetJabbed event at the Emirates Stadium between 7-10 August

  A second mass vaccination event will be held over four days this month at Emirates Stadium in a bid to give thousands more people the chance to have their first or second dose of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine.

• Age no criterion for decisions on heart attack treatment, new research finds

  Elderly patients suffering the most common type of heart attack may benefit from more invasive treatment, new research involving UCLH has shown.

• Single-dose radiotherapy as effective for treating breast cancer, long-term study finds

  A pioneering breast cancer therapy developed by UCLH and UCL, which requires just one shot of radiotherapy rather than conventional weeks-long treatment, has proven to be as effective for most women in treating the disease.