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Joint GOSH and UCLH service named as a Tessa Jowell Centre of Excellence for Children

25 Apr 2024, 10:30 a.m.

After a detailed review process across the UK, the Tessa Jowell Brain Cancer Mission has announced that our joint GOSH/UCLH service has been designated as a Centre of Excellence.

Aaliyah out for the day with her family.

New treatment for brain tumour approved after over 20 years of research

24 Apr 2024, 8 a.m.

The first-ever targeted treatment for brain tumours in children has been approved for NHS patients, following decades of research by a Great Ormond Street consultant.

Help pioneer new treatments for millions of people this DNA Day

23 Apr 2024, 9:41 a.m.

DNA Day is coming up this Thursday (25 April) and the team behind the DNA, Children + Young People’s Health Resource (D-CYPHR) are encouraging children and young people to contribute to important health research.

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Kidney swap for GOSH patient who’s spent over 3,600 hours on dialysis

23 Apr 2024, 6 a.m.

A five-year-old patient, who has spent almost 10% of her childhood on dialysis, has successfully had a transplant thanks to a kidney-swap scheme.

New cheek swab test helping to monitor children with rare heart condition

22 Apr 2024, 9:49 a.m.

A cheap and simple test, being developed with funding from the British Heart Foundation (BHF), will allow quick and safe monitoring in children with arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathies (ACM).