A research team funded by the Royal Free Charity to investigate if scans can diagnose kidney cancer instead of invasive surgery has been awarded £250k to scale up the project in multiple hospitals across the UK. In the first study of its kind in the […]
Read more >We were saddened to hear of the recent death of Malcolm Grove – Belsize Park resident, volunteer gardener and co-founder of a local free school. Malcolm and his wife Linda became local residents when they moved to Belsize Lane on Malcolm’s retirement 30 years ago. Malcolm […]
Read more >Twenty-year-old Janaki started volunteering at the Royal Free Hospital in 2018 when she was in sixth form. Although she already knew she wanted to study medicine, the experience of caring for patients gave her even more motivation. “At the start I would shy away from […]
Read more >Charity appeal funds virtual reality therapy, long COVID research, and digital solution to waiting list growth NHS staff are embracing virtual reality (VR) technology to overcome anxiety, stress and burnout thanks to funding from the Royal Free Charity. The charity has awarded £63,000 from a […]
Read more >A nurse practitioner working in a world-leading HIV clinic has raised over £15k to support patients living with the condition. Tom Fernandez works at the Ian Charleson Day Centre (ICDC) at the Royal Free Hospital, which provides a range of specialist HIV services. To mark […]
Read more >New £100 polymer note features Scottish medical pioneer, suffragette and Royal Free Hospital graduate Dr Flora Murray Auction of sought-after FM and AA pre-fix notes raises £120,000 for the Royal Free Charity A charity auction of banknotes with sought-after serial numbers has raised approximately £120,000 […]
Read more >We’re marking Dying Matters Week by paying tribute to our volunteers who bring compassion and support to patients receiving end-of-life care and to families experiencing bereavement. “We have one chance to get this important work right; our wonderful volunteers help us achieve this to the […]
Read more >How is Flora Murray – Scottish doctor, military hospital founder, suffragette and the face of a new British banknote announced today – connected to the Royal Free Hospital in north London? Until the 1870s, women in Britain could not become doctors. They were not admitted […]
Read more >Barry’s wife Anne-Marie passed away in May 2021. She was days away from an appointment at the National Amyloidosis Centre at the Royal Free Hospital. Now Barry is determined to help other families get the care they need before it’s too late. Anne-Marie had been […]
Read more >A plaque commemorating the founder of the modern postal system has been reinstalled following its removal during construction of the Pears Building. Sir Rowland Hill, who invented the Uniform Penny Post, lived in Bartram House, a Georgian building which was demolished to make way for […]
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