An amazing £75,000 donation from Heart Link has funded a new cryoablation console for the East Midlands Congenital Heart Centre (EMCHC). The equipment will help the paediatric electrophysiology team at the EMCHC to treat selected children and young people with abnormal heart rhythms – including supraventricular tachycardia, also known as SVT. SVT is a condition where the heart suddenly beats much faster than normal. This can cause palpitations, dizziness, chest discomfort, br

UHL is proud to have been included in the Sunday Times’ top 100 UK apprenticeship providers list, for the second year running. The Trust is named in the 2026 list, which celebrates organisations that demonstrate excellence in apprenticeship recruitment, training, diversity and completion outcomes. UHL is ranked tenth out of the health and social care providers included, and 86th overall. Apprenticeships support a wide range of areas across UHL, including business administrati

A new gamma camera has been installed at the Glenfield Hospital, as part of an ongoing project to improve nuclear medicine services at UHL. The new GE HealthCare Aurora SPECT/CT camera will help doctors to assess the function of their patients’ organs, combining this with a structural scan. It will increase the capacity of UHL’s nuclear medicine service, which currently sees around 5,000 patients annually, adding up to 1,000 more appointments per year. Nuclear medicine is one

Baroness Valerie Amos has today (Tuesday 30 June) published the findings of the National Maternity and Neonatal Investigation. This includes an individual report for University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (UHL) and national recommendations designed to improve maternity and neonatal services across England. We accept the findings of our Trust report and are committed to helping to deliver the national recommendations. Trusts involved were selected based on a range of fact

Our neonatal homecare team has celebrated a major milestone after successfully supporting its 1000th baby through its innovative home phototherapy service for newborn jaundice. Baby Fernandes became the 1000th baby to receive treatment through the service after being referred to the Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (ANNP)-led jaundice clinic by a community midwife, when he was found to be jaundiced at home at just two days old. Following assessment, baby Fernandes was abl

Resident doctors have cancelled the planned industrial action due to take place this week. Please attend your medical appointments as normal unless you have been told they have been changed or cancelled. If you have been advised that your appointment or procedure was cancelled or rescheduled due to the planned industrial action, please do not attend your original appointment unless you are contacted again. Thank you for your patience and understanding – we are working to

A Leicester doctor whose “constant curiosity” propelled her rise to be among the world’s leading type 2 diabetes and obesity experts has been named a Dame in The King’s Birthday Honours List. Professor Melanie Davies CBE has become a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) for services to global diabetes, research, policy and care management. Her national and internationalachievements are extensive and numerous. Working alongside Professor Kamlesh Khunti C

A leading cardiologist from the University of Leicester has been awarded an MBE for his services to medical research and healthcare as part of the King’s Birthday Honours. Professor Andre Ng is Professor of Cardiac Electrophysiology and former head of the Department of Cardiovascular Sciences at the University, and also a Consultant Cardiologist at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust. Professor Andre Ng Professor Ng said: “I am humbled and deeply honoured to recei

Congratulations to former UHL consultant embryologist, Jane Blower, who has been made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the King’s Birthday Honours List for her outstanding contribution to reproductive science. Jane worked in the NHS in Leicester for more than 40 years, and single-handedly established the city's first embryology laboratory, at what is now the Leicester Fertility Centre, based at the Leicester Royal Infirmary. She was the first person to ear