2010 press release archive
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NICE publishes first guideline to improve safety standards for child sedationA new guideline published today (15 December) will ensure that anxious young NHS patients do not receive ineffective or unsafe sedation drugs ahead of any therapeutic or diagnostic procedure. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has developed this first-ever national guideline to improve NHS care and safety standards within England and Wales for sedating infants, children and teenagers.
15 December 2010
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Helpful announcement on hospital fundingMr Andrew Lansley MP, Secretary of State for Health, told the House of Commons on Tuesday
Following a very constructive meeting with the specialist children's hospitals on Friday 3 December, I am pleased to be able to tell the House that we are working on a proposal to set the top-up payment for specialised services for children at 60%, over and above tariff prices. In addition, I intend to help the trusts by extending the number of procedures that will attract the top-up payment in 2011-12. I believe t
10 December 2010
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Statement on Trust estateA statement that 35 per cent of the Trust's estate is 'unsuitable' is, firstly, based on old data, and secondly refers mostly to the well known space limitations in the older parts of the hospital. It is not an issue of safety or hygiene. The whole estate has been audited for safety in the last year.
08 December 2010
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New report into rare diseases publishedA new report entitled 'Experiences of rare diseases: an insight from patients and families' has been published by Rare Disease UK.
08 December 2010
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GOSH pioneers functional MRI scans for epilepsy patientsGOSH pioneers functional MRI scans for epilepsy patients
Great Ormond Street Hosptial is the first to offer epilepsy patients functional Magnetic Resonance Imagin (fMRI) scans. This enables clinicians to see which parts of the brain control which vital functions eg memory, speech. language and movement. This is turn gives the surgeon more information about where in the brain to avoid or operate on in those patients for whom brain surgery is suitable.
30 November 2010
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NHS Haringey seeks new provider for children's health servicesNHS Haringey is seeking expressions of interest from other NHS organisations to become the provider of health services for children in Haringey.
29 November 2010
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Honour for GOSH from City of London Field HospitalGreat Ormond Street Hospital has been honoured for providing nursing staff to military field hospitals in some of the world's war zones.
22 November 2010
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Changes to the timing of vaccinations at 12 and 13 MonthsThe Department of Health has recommended that routine practice should be to offer the boosters of Hib and Meningococcal C (Hib/Men C) and pneumococcal conjugate (PCV) vaccines and the first MMR vaccine should be given on the same visit, between 12 and 13 months, but as the three separate injections.
22 November 2010
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New gene therapy hope for one of the most lethal childhood cancersScientists at the UCL Institute of Child Health (ICH) have developed a new gene therapy that could have the potential to save the lives of children with a life threatening tumour called neuroblastoma. The technique, which uses novel tumour-homing nanoparticles has proved to be effective in a first stage trial in which researchers successfully targeted the tumours in a mouse model.
17 November 2010
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Great Ormond Street becomes Europe's first children's hospital to offer portable haemodialysis serviceHaemodialysis patients at Great Ormond Street Hospital are benefitting from a new portable dialysis machine that allows them to undergo life-saving haemodialysis treatment whether they are at home or abroad.
16 November 2010
