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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.

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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.

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).

Destiny-Rae is a little girl, she is pictured in her hospital bed wearing a white t-shirt with a purple blanket over her

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.

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New study finds that nasal cells protect against Covid-19 in children

18 Apr 2024, 9:20 a.m.

New research shows that children are less likely than adults to develop severe COVID because cells in their nose are better at fighting off the virus.

New plan announced to get more children access to gene therapy treatments

9 Apr 2024, 9 a.m.

Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) has announced plans to revolutionise how children living with a rare disease can gain access to life-changing treatments.

The new Great Ormond Street Hospital Entrance on Guilford Street. A large glass covered building now decorated with floral artwork.

Statement regarding recent social media posts

5 Apr 2024, 3:51 p.m.

This statement is made in response to allegations made across social media in relation to antisemitism awareness training being planned by the Trust.

A teenager sits on a sofa in a counselling space, wearing a yellow hoodie whilst a medical professional discusses their experience with them.

New specialist gender service starts

10 Apr 2024, 9 a.m.

A new specialist service for children and young people who need gender-related care and support from the NHS has opened.

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GOSH researchers receive prestigious award

22 Mar 2024, noon

We're delighted to announce that Professor Dame Helen Cross and Professor Mark Peters have been named NIHR Senior Investigators in this year’s prestigious award list, making them among the most prominent and prestigious researchers funded by the NIHR.

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Raising awareness on Rare Disease Day

8 Mar 2024, 12:04 p.m.

To celebrate Rare Disease Day we invited patients and their families to try out 13 different hands-on and interactive fun and educational science and research activities for children and adults.

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Take part in our young person's art competition

4 Mar 2024, 10:50 a.m.

We are asking GOSH patients to help us by designing artwork to feature on the young persons section of the GOSH website.

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Conjoined twins Marieme and Ndeye feature in new documentary

20 Feb 2024, 1 p.m.

Conjoined twins Marieme and Ndeye feature in new documentary

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Launching our Patient Safety Incident Reporting Plan (PSIRP)

20 Feb 2024, 4 p.m.

Today, GOSH has launched its new Patient Safety Incident Reporting Plan (PSIRP). This plan outlines how we as an organisation will look at patient safety incidents.

GOSH main entrance has now moved

19 Feb 2024, 10:04 a.m.

The main entrance on Great Ormond Street is now closed and the new entrance can now be found at The Morgan Stanley Clinical Building, on Guilford Street. This is the best entrance for most people with an appointment or admission in the main hospital.

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30 years of GOSH's front entrance

19 Feb 2024, 10 a.m.

We've gathered a selection of photos to mark the closure of GOSH's front entrance.

A young boy cycles enthusiastically on a smoothie bike in the Lagoon, supported by a GOSH member of staff.

Patients, families and staff mark International Childhood Cancer Day

15 Feb 2024, noon

With five children in the UK diagnosed with cancer each day and 1400 children treated at GOSH each year (2021/22), our nursing, physiotherapy and dietetics team have come together with GOSH Charity to mark this important day with patients and families.

Staff working at cell and Gene therapy clean room at the ZCR

172 years of leaps in medical science at GOSH

14 Feb 2024, 6 a.m.

Today on Wednesday 14 February, GOSH is celebrating its 172nd birthday. With 2024 being a leap year, we wanted to look back at some of the leaps that we have made in medical science over the past 172 years

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Creating new homes for GOSH services based in the Frontage Building

9 Feb 2024, 2:34 p.m.

Over a number of years, GOSH have been gradually moving clinical services out of the Frontage Building so that later in 2024, it can be deconstructed, creating space for our new Children’s Cancer Centre to be built.

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GOSH welcomes the Children and Young People Cancer Taskforce

6 Feb 2024, 4:47 p.m.

Great Ormond Street Hospital was the setting for the announcement of a new Children and Young People Cancer Taskforce as part of the World Cancer awareness day.

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GOSH and Middlesex University launch Paediatric Academic Education Initiative

22 Jan 2024, 9:40 a.m.

We're delighted to announce a new partnership between Great Ormond Street Hospital’s Learning Academy and Middlesex University supporting academic education and career development for paediatric healthcare professionals.