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BBC News
Coronavirus: Radiologist demonstrates how lungs can be damaged.

NHS Cancer Challenge Prize
Patients in London are receiving earlier lung cancer diagnosis and treatment thanks to an innovative way of performing lung biopsies at Barnet Hospital, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

The Royal College of Radiologists
Congratulations to Dr Sam Hare, Consultant Thoracic Radiologist and colleagues from Barnet Hospital, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust for winning the first ever NHS Innovation Challenge Prize for Cancer.

The Times
Fast and cheap test raises hope against lung cancer.The method allows patients to spend only an hour in an outpatient clinic, rather than a day in a hospital bed. Even if their lung collapsed, a complication of lung biopsies, patients could still be sent home.

BMJ Cancer Care award
The team of Royal Free London radiologists and respiratory consultants who pioneered a faster, more efficient lung biopsy method as been named ‘Cancer Care Team of the Year’ by the British Medical Journal (BMJ).

Respiratory Futures
A common sense practical innovation that improves patient care. An interview with Dr Sam Hare

The Daily Mail
A device that drains air from the chest is being used to treat thousands of patients who have suffered a collapsed lung – while they relax at home.