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2012 press release archive
Great Ormond Street Hospital surgeon operates on huge birthmark in Colombia
A day in the life of Dr Jane Collins, CEO, Great Ormond Street Hospital
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Centre for Children's Rare Disease Research
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Engineering bowel transplants
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Great Ormond Street Hospital welcomes rare disease plans
New funding for palliative care pilot
CBBC’s My Life series to feature Great Ormond Street Hospital patient
Clean delivery kits linked to substantial reduction in neonatal deaths in South Asia, study shows
Dr Jane Collins talks to the Guardian Healthcare Network
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Genetic variant inherited from the mother significantly increases birth weight
Response to BBC London programme
Radiology department reject criticisms
UK Newborn Screening Programme Centre Celebrates its Tenth Year
Last chance to be part of largest database of face shapes in the world
Great Ormond Street Hospital welcomes funding for world’s most advanced form of radiotherapy
Boy spends record time with artificial heart
GOSH to take part in newborn screening pilot for five more diseases
Photoreceptor transplant restores vision in mice
Safe and Sustainable review into children’s cardiac services
Not enough is known about prescription drug use in pregnancy, say experts
Great Ormond Street documentary on BBC2
Research reveals association between red hair gene and rare birthmarks
Greater awareness needed of rare disease cluster to aid earlier diagnosis
Surgery boost for children with drug-resistant epilepsy
BBC2's Great Ormond Street - programme two
2011 press release archive
Secretary of State backs Foundation Trust application
Lancet: Great Ormond Street replies
Lifetime achievement award for former GOSH nurse
The baby whose heart was at risk from crying
London 2012 mascot song launched at Great Ormond Street Hospital
Top marks for Medical Illustration
£36 million boost for children's health research
First targeted treatment success for Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Children’s Policy Research Unit launched
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Fight for Sight awards £1 million for retinal disease research
Campaign raises awareness of inherited immune diseases
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MP asked to withdraw "incorrect and unsubstantiated" allegations
SLaM finds link between OCD and eating disorders in teenagers
Further media coverage about tragic death of Peter Connelly
Statement from Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) team
Scientists prove heart has built-in repair mechanism
Great Ormond Street Hospital welcomes HRH Countess of Wessex to new service offering hope for children with severe gut disorders
Raising awareness of 22q chromosome deletion
GOSH wins innovative musical invention from the University of Edinburgh
Race for the Kids
Minister for Quality visits Great Ormond Street
Cardiac consultation in London: update
Smallest lung transplant patient in the UK at Great Ormond Street Hospital
Young people encouraged to have say on heart services
Independent report released into paediatrician
Non – executive Director re-appointed
Apples, oranges and jam – the tasty way to keep kidney disease at bay
GOSH surgeon wins award for hip research
GOSH radiology ‘pioneers’ prestigious accreditation
Regenerative medicine success for muscles
Early onset eating disorders: new findings
International study reveals inadequate response to health problems and causes of death in adolescents
New non-executive director sought
Patient celebrates a year after trachea transplant
Trust response to 2010 National NHS staff survey
Consultation around children’s cardiac services
National study launched to help children with visual disability
28 m boost to understand child health
Great Ormond Street Hospital surgeon honoured by Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
GMC hearing on doctor
Eating disorders linked with autism in school children
National day of industrial action
Wondermind game teaches children about the developing human brain
Hospital's Physiotherapy Service given accolade
GOSH reaches Foundation Trust application milestone
Study shows that early detection of Severe Combined Immunodeficiency would save lives
Major new programme to tackle childhood obesity launched today
Immune genes linked to craniofacial deformity
Six months of exclusive breast feeding: how good is the evidence?
Is 'breast only' for first six months best?
Is myopia linked to more general growth issues?
Obese teenagers in London sought for weight management study
Trust general statement about flu
New child mortality and morbidity review programme
Nurse Julie Bayliss presented with WellChild award
Lancet Duchenne muscular dystrophy paper
Statement from Feeding & Eating Disorders Service
Eating disorders linked to fertility problems and negative feelings towards pregnancy
Review of Compliance at Great Ormond Street Hospital
Great Ormond Street Hospital seeks Council members to guide future
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Consultation backs cardiac change
Gene therapy success for children born without functioning immune system
NON-INVASIVE PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS: RAPID SUCCESS
Time for legal, ethical and cultural change in paediatric organ donation
Benefits of epilepsy surgery
Respiratory services in London
Conjoined twins separation at Great Ormond Street
Conjoined twins successfully separated
Conjoined twins separated
Under 16s make up less than one per cent of NHS patient surveys
Article in today's Daily Telegraph
Mitochondria genes and cardiomyopathy
UCL film on potential of amniotic stem cells
Health spokesman visits GOSH
Your DNA may carry a ‘memory’ of your living conditions in childhood
Press coverage today regarding patient Arvind Jain
New study of SUDI data
Trust welcomes visit from Maltese VIPs
Great Ormond Street Hospital staff recognised in The Times top surgeons list
No consistent decrease in child maltreatment despite years of policy initiatives designed to achieve it
New approach on bone marrow transplant infections
BBC London celebrates Dickens’ Great Ormond Street legacy
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Heart transplants
Five Great Ormond Street Hospital surgeons celebrated in The Times Magazine’s ‘top British surgeons’ issue
2010 press release archive
GOSH pioneers functional MRI scans for epilepsy patients
NICE publishes first guideline to improve safety standards for child sedation
Helpful announcement on hospital funding
Statement on Trust estate
New report into rare diseases published
NHS Haringey seeks new provider for children’s health services
Changes to the timing of vaccinations at 12 and 13 Months
Honour for GOSH from City of London Field Hospital
New gene therapy hope for one of the most lethal childhood cancers
Great Ormond Street becomes Europe’s first children’s hospital to offer portable haemodialysis service
Children's hospitals funding
Message from the Feeding & Eating Disorders Service
Keyhole surgery safe at Great Ormond Street
Great Ormond Street Hospital response to publication of SCR's into Baby Peter's death
GOSH signs up to 10:10 climate change initiative
The amazing story of baby Samaa, saved by innovative surgery at GOSH
Great Ormond Street Hospital's cricket programme given national recognition
New research into Congenital Toxoplasmosis endorses UK health guidance for pregnant women
Hospital polar bear highlights need for environmental change
20% of adult obesity might be caused by infant nutrition
Genetic link with human male infertility identified
Visionary stem cell technique offers new potential to treat blindness
Minister tours renal and cardiac
Beta thalassaemia gene therapy success
Study to reduce birth defects
Specialist retrieval teams associated with reduced mortality
Transfusions help sickest children with whooping cough
Annual lecture addresses publishing outcomes
Response to Evening Standard article 23 August 2010
GOSH correction of Sunday Express article 22 August 2010
Foundation Trust consultation feedback
Trust statement on NDM-1 ‘superbug’
World’s first child stem cell supported tracheal transplant patient to return home
Excellent but not officially so
Professor Martin Elliott on Ciaran Finn-Lynch's return home
When does obesity become a child protection issue?
BBC London report - sharing information after a death
Pregnant mothers should be given vitamin D to help safeguard their babies’ health
New hope for Childhood Arthritis
Institute of Child Health is Centre of Excellence in blood cancer research
News of the World correction
Informal childcare curbs chances of infants being breastfed
My doctor told me to play more Nintendo!
Safe and Sustainable Cardiac Review
Foundation Trust consultation period ends
“Overwhelming majority” of consultants support Chief Executive
Trust announces new Co-Medical Director
Isabella Koupparis leaves Great Ormond Street Hosptial
Genetic factors affect risk of Vitamin D insufficency
Trust welcomes publication of CQC report
122 hospital consultants back hospital boss
Isabella Koupparis
MMR safety: parents regaining confidence in vaccine
Blood spot screening programme media response
Conjoined twins to leave Great Ormond Street Hospital
Foundation Trust: new public consultation meeting
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Children’s Emergency starts on BBC One Tuesday 4 May
Conjoined twins update
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New ways to improve cervical cancer screening
Separated twins stable and making progress
'Great Ormond Street' - third and final episode to air Tuesday
BBC London correction
Conjoined twins statement
Brain tumour-causing stem cells also found to have role in severe epilepsy
Children at risk of exclusion from school could have autistic behavioural traits, an ICH study shows
Three great programmes about Great Ormond Street Hospital
Research could help parents be more effective in aiding children when pain occurs
GOSH meets new registration requirements
World first transplant in child
Tower Hamlets students visited by nurses from world-famous children’s hospital
Women's group support can improve birth outcomes
Ofsted report recognises ‘good progress overall’ to safeguard children in Haringey
Haitian baby Landina - post operative update
Press release issued by Institute of Education
Haitian baby, Landina, to undergo surgery tomorrow
New research helps scientists understand how brain tumours develop
Great Ormond Street launches Foundation Trust bid as poll confirms widespread satisfaction with Trust
London wide paediatric research network launched
First chair in Paediatric Palliative Care appointed
An equal start in life is vital for children's health and hopes
ICH study suggests breast milk influences brain structure and IQ
New study shows weight loss ‘breakthrough’ for overweight and obese children
Measles mumps and rubella vaccine background information
Errors in prescriptions and administration of drugs
Conjoined twins - parents issue statement
Many young people don’t believe they do enough exercise
ICH Professor recognised in New Year's Honour's List
2009 press release archive
Our position - consolidation of hospital and charity accounts
Best wishes for Christmas and the New Year
Hospital staff garden wins award
Putting on a brave face this festive season?
New cancer research trial offers hope for childhood cancer
New health game for GOSH
NHS London report published into Haringey allegations
NHS Constitution Consultation
Claims by Haringey paediatrician
Great Ormond Street Hospital/UCL Institute of Child Health launch important study into neonatal seizures
Childcare and injury risk
The Taxpayers' Alliance report: figures wrong
Great Ormond Street Hospital pioneers learning forum among hospital risk managers
Organ donation: good intentions not enough
Stolen laptop apology
New insight into autism
First real confirmation of benefits for minimally invasive surgery in babies
Bombings altered suicide rates
Swine influenza
GOSH opens paediatric clinical research facility to help improve children’s care
Professor Terence Stephenson appointed Nuffield Professor of Child Health
Hospital school outstanding on all fronts
ICH lecturer wins Sparks young investigator prize
Organ donation rules benefit British children
New insight into infertility
Affected by death of a child? Help available
Youngest surviving heart transplant patient in the UK
Infection control: action plan agreed
How are the kids?
Certain antibiotics could damage hearing
Normal service to resume Wednesday
Is this the UK’s ‘greenest’ hospital redevelopment?
Staff survey highlights
Blood test helps detect life threatening disease
ICH-led study leads to implementation of MCADD screening in newborns
Children's services review data issues
Bereaved families willing to agree to research
Key resource will help address complications in pregnancy
Amniotic stem cells make full range of human blood cells
Child health research boosted by UCL Partners
Hip health matters
More patient treatment at Great Ormond Street
Most definitive report yet on Baby Peter
Baby Peter: Evening Standard
Child protection strengthened since tragic death of baby Peter
A breakthrough study led by GOSH gives insight to organ function
UK adopts new growth charts based on breast-fed babies
Two step up to Number 10
Child health lead UCL Partners announced
Compulsion undesirable for MMR
Scientists identify gene for deadly inherited lung disease
Community Channel to tell patients’ real life tales
Great Ormond Street Hospital family support service given prestigious award
New technology at Great Ormond Street Hospital is aiding faster emergency referrals to its specialist paediatricians
Children's hospitals bag a great deal with Oxfam
Children with complex epilepsy and local services
Hannah Jones statement
NHS Quality & Innovation visit to Great Ormond Street
Heart transplants at Great Ormond Street Hospital
Organ allocation for patients awaiting cardiothoracic transplant
Sparks CHARM study to unlock secrets of juvenile arthritis
Professor David Morley
Improving care at Great Ormond Street
Lancet: girl well after transplanted heart removed
Swine flu
Heterotopic or piggyback transplants
More health visitors in Haringey
Muscular Dystrophy report
New treatment could save the sight of children with eye cancer
Nano-magnets guide stem cells to damaged tissue
Toddler's family thank hospital
HRH Princess Haya visits hospital
Non-invasive tests in pregnancy: proper evaluation needed
A step forward in the development of less invasive post-mortems
A new study into childhood stroke launched
Death following the administration of Cervarix HPV Vaccine
Children of working mums 'have unhealthier lifestyles'
Improving maternity care in Africa
Special delivery
Back Jeans for Genes
Landmark tool in the fight against asthma
Globally two in five adolescent deaths due to injury or violence
Brilliant boy racer saved by body protector
Staying Positive workshops help young people cope with health conditions
Rise In weight-loss drugs prescribed to combat childhood obesity
Safer bone marrow transplants for sick children
Tragic accidental death of child
Primary immunodeficiencies: raising awareness
King's and Great Ormond Street form new centre for small bowel transplants
Fire in boiler house: all clinical services running
What parents need to know about swine flu
Healthcheck
Non-exec reappointed
UCL Partners and Yale unite to improve global health
Great Ormond Street Hospital patient Jake wins Pride of Britain Award
Patient safety a leadership challenge
2008 press release archive
Great Ormond Street Hospital piloting safer surgery initiative
Photo call - Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children
Nautical nurses meet their finish line
Top professor wins award for surgery research
Strong evidence against leaky gut theory in autism
Great Ormond Street correction - operation cancellation figures 07/08
Operations cancelled: Great Ormond Street apology
Great Ormond Street Hospital opens staff garden
Influence of moving to the UK on maternal health behaviours: prospective cohort study
Cutting waiting time for our families
Independent assessment of financial standards
Sudden infant death : Infection more significant than previously thought
Haringey community health services transfer to GOSH
A week of GOSH on ITV1's This Morning
Transfers of sick children
Mittal family back better care at Great Ormond Street
Changes to charity personnel
Europe’s largest academic health science partnership created in London
Continuous seizures: best drug advice need
Early infant diet influences brain structure
Randomised trial confirms efficacy of ketogenic diet
Transfer of international and private patient division
State of the art ‘cell sorting’ facility unveiled at Great Ormond Street Hospital
GOSH responds to an inaccurate report in the Health Service Journal
Healthcare for London public consultation
GOSH employee receives MBE for 43 years of service
Mary MacLeod appointed as a non executive director at Great Ormond Street Hospital
Small and special – the lives of Victorian children revealed
Christmas shop now open!
Minister praises staff at fire-damaged hospital
Healthcare Commission's annual health check
Everest holiday learning helps sick children
Heart transplants at Great Ormond Street Hospital
Everest study: more information
Haunted by Hallucinations: Children in the PICU Traumatized by Delusions
Eye gene therapy breakthough: the significance
Christmas spirit
Life gets better and better for Grant after revolutionary neurosurgery
The londonpaper
Hartley boys home at last
Stem cells which cause childhood leukaemia found
Neuroblastoma research grant
Inaccurate information regarding services for pulmonary hypertension in children
Professor Sir Cyril Chantler appointed Chair of UCL Partners
UK’s first Chair in Palliative Care for Children and Young People to be based at Great Ormond Street Hospital
Conjoined twins update
Kayak Channel challenge for children with cancer
New access to molecular cytogenetics
Call to make special diet treatment for epilepsy more available
World first: bone marrow transplants for children with gut failure at Great Ormond Street Hospital
Does hip deformity in babies lead to hip osteoarthritis in later life?
Former Minister appointed chair at Great Ormond Street Hospital
Vein of Galen malformation
Clarification on press reports regarding child protection
Smiths Medical announce new partnership with GOSH and ICH
Unlawful death of toddler
Daniel De-Gale
One million pound bill at Great Ormond Street Hospital
Remaining twin dies at Great Ormond Street
ICH helps UCL win top marks
Business as usual
The Royal Ballet bring Beatrix Potter to life at Great Ormond Street Hospital
Controversies about childhood development
ICH academic awarded prestigious prize for work on the heart
Young people's mental health ignorance a real cause for concern says Great Ormond Street Hospital
Sir Cyril Chantler: term of office at Great Ormond Street Hospital extended
ICH study reveals pain may be ‘linked with low vitamin D’
Great Ormond Street Hospital wins Ask About Medicines Award
Great Ormond Street Hospital staff help to develop multi-award winning epilepsy board game
Withholding and withdrawing life sustaining treatment in children
Family lawyer appointed at Great Ormond Street Hospital
Child Death Helpline given Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service
Head of dietetics at GOSH awarded MBE
Affected by the death of a child
Great Ormond Street meets core standards
Schools need to promote responsible health websites
HIV positive mothers - 99 per cent of children born uninfected
Hospital follow-up services not necessary for all child cancer survivors
Independent puts GOSH in top ten
Little things can make all the difference
Many children still at risk from measles, mumps and rubella infection
Great Ormond Street Hospital goes green
International and private patient income
2007 press release archive
GOSH and ICH clinicians receive top award for illustrated book.
All newborn babies in the UK to be screened for cystic fibrosis
Strep B in pregnancy: what is best strategy?
All welcome to debate Great Ormond Street Hospital priorities
20-year partnership to tackle childhood obesity
GOSH and North Middlesex work together on Jeans for Genes Day
UK data backs lung transplant for cystic fibrosis
ICH study uncovers common gene variant that protects against cancer
Gene therapy for X-SCID; additional briefing
GOSH announces leukaemia case following gene therapy for X-SCID
Efforts On Child-Appropriate Medicines Intensify
Great Ormond Street Hospital's history captured in new book
Mother-to-child HIV transmission report published today
Barclay Foundation pledge £11m to Great Ormond Street Hospital
Response to reports of near fatal measles cases
GOSH responds to debate on chickenpox jab
GOSH leads trial to improve treatment for childhood cancer
Royal concern over anaesthesia for all
Excellent in clinical care: official
Meeting to discuss future of hospital
Great Ormond Street Hospital announces new Morgan Stanley clinical building
Great Ormond Street proposes to manage international patient division through new charity
Two ICH academics honoured
BBC2 documentary, Great Ormond Street
A Difficult Line - interview with Antony Michalski
A Difficult Line - interview with Peppy Brock
A Chance at Life - interview with Ed Kiely and Joe Curry
Decision-making
Research and filming
Buying time - interview with Matthew Fenton
Filming and consent
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