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Celebrating the gift of organ donation

15 Oct 2026, 1:06 p.m.

During Organ Donation Week 2026, GOSH hosted its first Donor Family Tea Party, bringing together families whose children gave the extraordinary gift of life through organ donation.
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Road closure: Great Ormond Street

15 Oct 2026, 12:08 p.m.

There will be a partial closure of Great Ormond Street between 4am on Wednesday 21 and 10pm on Thursday 22 October.
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GOSH families at the heart of major £6m project to improve support for children with complex needs

15 Oct 2026, 11:35 a.m.

Children, young people and families from GOSH will help shape a major new research programme
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New Fellowship to develop the next generation of paediatric neuro-oncology specialists

14 Oct 2026, 11:50 a.m.

The Tessa Jowell Brain Cancer Mission has launched it's first Paediatric Neuro-Oncology Fellowship, to support the development of specialists caring for children with brain cancers
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Thousands join world-first trial to save lives of critically ill children

12 Oct 2026, 10:11 a.m.

Some of the sickest children in the UK have started to join an innovative clinical trial designed to improve the survival and recovery of children requiring intensive care treatment, led by GOSH.
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Message to our patients and patient families following London-wide power outage

5 Oct 2026, 5:29 p.m.

Following a London-wide power outage today, we experienced some local issues at GOSH.
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