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• Congratulations to our three RCN Nursing Award winners

  It’s a clean sweep for our nominees at this year’s RCN Nursing Awards. Congratulations to winners Jo Hargroves, Robert Vicente and Susie Lagrata!

• £1.2 million for trial of new weight loss treatment

  Researchers at UCLH and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust are to trial a new weight loss treatment which involves reducing blood supply to part of the stomach.

• New research collaboration to improve patient safety

  UCLH is to host to a new collaboration researching patient safety, after being awarded £3million in funding.

• New national study on long-term health impacts of COVID-19 launched

  UCLH will be part of a major UK research study looking at the long-term health impacts of COVID-19.

• NHS England consults on interim specification for new gender services

  NHS England has published a proposed interim specification for the new services for children and young people experiencing gender dysphoria.

• Increase in delirium, rare brain inflammation and stroke linked to COVID-19

  Neurological complications of COVID-19 can include delirium, brain inflammation, stroke and nerve damage, finds a new UCL and UCLH-led study.

• 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.

• More than 800 patients seen over ‘super-weekend’ for ENT in North Central London

  More than 800 patients on waiting lists for Ear, Nose and Throat appointments across North Central London seen in two days during ENT surgery ‘super-weekend’

• David Beckham brings joy to young cancer patients

  Young cancer patients and staff couldn’t believe their eyes when David Beckham paid a visit to the University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre earlier this year.

• Research into restoring loss of smell and taste in COVID patients

  Specialist teams at UCLH and UCL are at the forefront of research which could bring hope to people who have been robbed of their sense of smell and taste after suffering the long-term legacy of COVID-19.