Press releases

• Healthcare assistants train using age simulation suits

  2 October 2014

  Healthcare assistants (HCAs) at the Royal Free Hospital have been using age simulation suits to help them experience some of the challenges facing older patients, as part of a novel training programme. The suits...

• Royal Free Hospital specialist units host the first international symposium on carcinoid heart disea

  23 September 2014

  The first international symposium on carcinoid heart disease, which was organised by the Royal Free in early September, has set the stage for international guidelines for the management of this disease. The event...

• Royal Free staff named LGBT role models

  19 September 2014

  Two members of staff at the Royal Free London have been named lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) role models within the NHS at a prestigious awards show. Reverend David Rushton, lead chaplain, and Kerry...

• The Royal Free London makes HSJ top 100 trusts to work for

  17 September 2014

  The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust has been named as one of the 100 best NHS trusts to work for by the Health Service Journal (HSJ). The magazine has compiled a list of the best healthcare trusts using an...

• Services for cancer patients

  16 September 2014

  Cancer patients at the Royal Free Hospital are being offered the chance to buy hats, turbans and scarves, which can help them as they undergo challenging treatment. Patients who lose their hair because of chemotherapy...

• Royal Free partners in ground-breaking pathology joint venture

  1 August 2014

  The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, University College London Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) and The Doctors Laboratory have (this week) signed contracts to form a partnership - Health Services Laboratories...

• Professor Sir John Cunningham is knighted

  14 July 2014

  Congratulations to Professor Sir John Cunningham who was knighted in a private audience with HM The Queen at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday. Professor Cunningham, a consultant nephrologist at the Royal Free, was head of...

• Acquisition of Barnet and Chase Farm hospitals

  1 July 2014

  Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital and their associated services today became part of the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. The acquisition, which was approved by the secretary of state last week, will bring...