Who we are

Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) is a leading children’s hospitals in the world and the most technologically advanced children’s hospital in the UK.

GOSH is an international centre of excellence in child healthcare.

Since its formation in 1852, the hospital has been dedicated to children’s healthcare and to finding new and better ways to treat childhood illnesses.

Together with our research partner, the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, we host the UK’s only paediatric National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre (BRC).

Experts at Great Ormond Street Hospital see around 76,000 children each year in around 250,000 admissions and appointments.

Every day, over 750 seriously ill children and young people are seen at GOSH from all over the UK for life-changing treatment and care.

Every day, around 30 operations are performed at GOSH.

GOSH is the UK’s largest paediatric centre for many services, including heart problems, brain surgery and gene therapy, and is an international centre of excellence in child healthcare.

GOSH provides over 60 specialist and subspecialist paediatric health services, the widest range of any single site in the UK.

At GOSH we connect multi–disciplinary teams of healthcare professionals and scientists to improve the lives of children with rare or complex diseases.

Through carrying out research with local, national and international partners, especially our primary research partner, the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (UCL GOS ICH), GOSH has developed a number of new clinical treatments and techniques that are used across the NHS and around the world.

We host the The UK’s only National Institute for Health and Care Research funded Biomedical Research Centre (NIHR GOSH BRC) that solely focuses on child health - a collaboration between GOSH and UCL GOS ICH, and we are also home to the NIHR GOSH Clinical Research Facility, which provides specialist day care accommodation for children and young people taking part in clinical research studies.

The GOSH Data Research, Innovation and Virtual Environments Unit was highlighted as a best example of how a hospital’s data infrastructure has the potential to improve healthcare, in a 2019 UK Government–commissioned independent report (Topol Review).

We are a member of University College London (UCL) Partners, joining UCL with a number of other hospitals – an alliance for world-class research benefitting patients.

In partnership with six other NHS trusts, we are the lead provider for North Thames Genomics Medicine Centre.

Staff education and training influences every stage of the patient journey. Together with our partners we play a leading role in training paediatric nurses, doctors and other health professionals.

Through the GOSH Learning Academy, we deliver a range of training and education opportunities to equip staff and students with the up-to-date knowledge, skills, and capabilities to provide our patients with exceptional care.

Education programmes available through the GOSH Learning Academy include:

• Postgraduate Medical Education
• Nurse education
• Clinical simulation
• Apprenticeships
• Resuscitation services
• International education opportunities

The GLA is one of the largest dedicated paediatric undergraduate student placement programmes in the UK.

Find out more about our Education and training offering.

Together we advance care for children and young people with rare and complex conditions, so they can fulfil their potential.

This purpose guides everything we do. It is the reason we are here, shaping how we care, collaborate, innovate, and support children, families and staff every day.

We begin with “Together we” because care at GOSH is never the work of one but of many. It is the shared skill of teams, the trust of families, and the support of partners. Together speaks to our spirit of collaboration, and ensures the purpose belong to us all. However medicine advances, our care will always be a collective act.

Our Together We Power Care Strategy shapes our direction for 2025-2020 and is underpinned by 3 priority pillars:

Together We Shape How We Care

Focuses on building culture, connection, and collaboration. It is about creating the workforce, systems, and ways of working that power safer, more consistent care across our hospital, for our patients, with our partners, and beyond.

Big Move: Together we build a culture of connection and collaboration to deliver brilliant safer care, in our hospital, in partnership and out into the world.

Together We Advance Discovery, Innovation, and Impact

Ensures that scientific breakthroughs, technology, and new treatments reach babies, children, and young people faster. It is about translating discovery into care and accelerating progress so that more families benefit sooner.

Big Move: Together we turn GOSH into the fastest path from discovery to care.

Together We Embrace the Whole

Recognises that every child is more than a diagnosis. Care must be seamless, connected, and holistic, supporting the child, their family, and their journey across age, stage, and space.

Big Move: Together we make care seamless and connect age, stage, and space.

Our 'Always Values' are:

• ‘always welcoming’,
• ‘always helpful’,
• ‘always expert’
• and ‘always one team’

These are the guiding principles for everything we do and will assist us in delivering our ambition. They define what our patients, their families and our partners expect of us and what we should expect of each other. They were developed in collaboration with the families we care for.

• Please note that “every day” is used, but over 99% of admissions and appointments take place Monday to Friday.
• All figures include both NHS and private patients, unless stated otherwise.
• Most patients have multiple appointments or admissions throughout the year, making GOSH a very busy children’s hospital.