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The latest Children and Young People’s Patient Experience Survey, published on 19th November by the Care Quality Commission, has identified Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust as performing ‘much better than expected’ when compared to other Trusts, for the experiences of children aged up to seven years old.

Doctors at Royal Brompton Hospital have treated more babies using cardiac catheter interventions than any other centre in Europe. More than 80 premature babies with Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA) – a life threatening congenital heart defect which causes a leak between blood vessels from an opening in the heart – have been treated at the hospital using this pioneering catheter procedure.   

The fluid in e-cigarettes may cause a potentially life threatening lung inflammation in those who are susceptible, according to research published today.

The Royal Brompton Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Clinical Trials team celebrated three well-deserved wins at the North West London Clinical Research Awards, where they were recognised for their outstanding work carrying out ground-breaking CF research.