General news

As we start to reopen some of our clinical services, we’re looking forward to welcoming you back into the hospital. When you arrive, you may notice that things look or run differently than previously. These extra safety measures – from social distancing starfish to the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) – have been put in place to protect everyone at GOSH. 

Thanks to a new virtual practice, the GOSH Choir is enabling staff and families to come together and share their love of music during COVID-19. Find out more about how the choir is bringing joy during this time and listen to their beautiful performance of the track ‘Better Days’.

To mark Victory in Europe Day (VE Day) we step back in time and take a look at what was going on at Great Ormond Street Hospital during the outbreak of the second World War. 

Great Ormond Street Hospital’s (GOSH) super talented nurse and Britain’s Got Talent contestant, Beth Porch will once again be picking up her guitar for our charity’s first-ever virtual fundraising gala event, ‘At Home With GOSH’. 

Grace, who’s the chair of the GOSH Young People's Forum, has a virtual sit down with our CEO Mat Shaw to get his answers on some of the pressing questions that GOSH patients and siblings would like answered around coronavirus (COVID-19) 

A Great Ormond Street Hospital spokesperson said: “Across the UK, a small number of very sick children have sought medical advice from the NHS with a particular set of symptoms, including a fever and abdominal pain. We are working with colleagues across the NHS to try to understand why this is, any relationship with COVID-19 and how to best treat these patients.

Professor Helen Cross, honorary consultant at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) and Head of the Developmental Neurosciences Programme at UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (ICH), has been elected President of the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) for the 2021-2025 term.

Last Saturday, a Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) nurse, Beth Porch, won the hearts of the nation after performing her very own song “You Taught Me What Love Is” on ITV’s Britain’s Got Talent. 

You might have recently received a letter from the Government advising you to either isolate or ‘shield’ your immunocompromised or vulnerable child to keep them safe from coronavirus (COVID-19) infection. We understand that this can cause a great deal of anxiety, and so are writing to clarify what this means for your child and your family.