University College London Oct 2 2025 A £2.8 million grant to combat health inequalities in patients having major surgery has been awarded to a team of clinicians and researchers at UCL and UCLH. The grant from the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) will see dozens of NHS clinicians and university researchers working to recruit about 2,600 patients into this large-scale study known as Hippocrates, aiming to find ways of improving outcomes for poorer people after surgery. The