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• Getting Ready for Transition (GReaT) to secondary school

  Our Getting Ready for Transition (GReaT) to secondary school parent information session will run on Tuesday 31 January 2023. 

• UCLH to lead data initiative to improve care for myeloma patients

  UCLH is to lead an initiative to improve care for myeloma patients alongside Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (OUH) and University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust (UHS).

• Rare cases of blood clots and low platelets after vaccination

  UCLH-led research paper outlines mechanism behind rare cases of blood clots and low platelets after vaccination

• Covid-19 variant more transmissible but does not increase disease severity in hospitalised patients

  A study of patients at UCLH and North Middlesex University Hospital published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases suggests that the B.1.17. variant of Covid-19 is not associated with more severe illness and death, but appears to lead to higher virus load.

• 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.

• Trial of innovative blood cancer treatment expanded

  A UCLH/UCL clinical trial of a personalised therapy for blood cancer has been expanded, meaning new groups of patients with a wider range of blood cancers are now receiving the treatment.

• Gender Identity Development Service – legal update 26 March 2021

  The High Court has today (26 March) ruled that parents can consent on behalf of their child for hormone-blocking treatment in cases of gender dysphoria.

• Dr Katherine Clesham

  Dr Katherine Clesham is a consultant haematologist specialising in the treatment of teenagers and young adults with acute leukaemia and patients undergoing stem cell transplantation and CAR-T therapy.

• Cough medicine offers hope of new treatment to slow the progression of Parkinson’s disease

  A large trial at UCLH and UCL will investigate whether a drug currently in use to treat respiratory conditions can slow the progress of Parkinson’s disease.

• Health and the Climate and Ecological Emergency Exhibition

  Exhibition co-curated by Healthcare Arts Collective and UCLH Arts and Heritage 25th August - 20th October 2021, UCH Street Gallery, 235 Euston Road