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London Zoo's latest chick celebrates GOSH

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Great Ormond Street Hospital is one of the world’s leading children’s hospitals.

Since 1852 we’ve had the privilege of working to discover better, kinder treatments for the rarest and most complex illnesses to help children reach their full potential.

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A new Children's Cancer Centre

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GOSH Learning Academy

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Building works: updates and what to expect

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Celebrating the many teams behind a patients' care

GOSH in numbers

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patients seen each day

Every day seriously ill children and young people are seen at GOSH for life-changing treatment and care

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active clinical trials

Transformational clinical trials are currently happening throughout the hospital

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GOSH Learning Academy provides multi-professional paediatric healthcare education and training

GOSH news

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Building the next generation of paediatric research leaders

17 Aug 2026, 3:32 p.m.

From early career clinicians to emerging scientists, the NIHR GOSH Biomedical Research Centre (BRC)’s Academic Training Weekend is shaping the future of paediatric research - bringing together talent, expertise and ambition from across the UK.
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Bagri family philanthropy enables UCL study into rare childhood neurological condition treated at GOSH

11 Aug 2026, 3:14 p.m.

A generous donation from the Bagri family will underpin a landmark study into gene-editing treatments for Dihydropteridine reductase deficiency (DHPR deficiency), an ultra-rare childhood neurological condition, treated at GOSH
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Creating communities and lasting involvement

6 Aug 2026, 1 p.m.

At GOSH, patient and public involvement and engagement (PPIE) builds lasting relationships and communities that shape research over time.
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Junior researchers are crucial to the future of paediatric research

4 Aug 2026, 4:46 p.m.

Junior researchers are central to the success and sustainability of paediatric research at GOSH and the University College London Institute of Child Health.
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London Zoo penguin chick named after GOSH ward to celebrate new partnership

5 Aug 2026, 10 a.m.

A Humboldt penguin chick that hatched on 30 April at ZSL London Zoo this year has been named Mildred, celebrating the start of a special partnership between the Zoo and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children GOSH.
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First UK baby receives pioneering surgery in the womb for rare bowel condition

3 Aug 2026, 8 a.m.

A baby boy has become the first child in the UK to undergo pioneering surgery while still in the womb for gastroschisis.
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