Cyber attack update

18 May 2017, 6:43 p.m.

Great Ormond Street Hospital's external email services are now running as normal. They were shut off as a precautionary measure following the recent international cyber-attack. Our IT systems have not been affected by the virus and there was no impact on the treatment and care of patients.

Responses to emails may take slightly longer than usual while the teams work through the backlog.

Thank you for your patience.

Joint GOSH and UCLH service named as a Tessa Jowell Centre of Excellence for Children

After a detailed review process across the UK, the Tessa Jowell Brain Cancer Mission has announced that our joint GOSH/UCLH service has been designated as a Centre of Excellence.

New treatment for brain tumour approved after over 20 years of research

The first-ever targeted treatment for brain tumours in children has been approved for NHS patients, following decades of research by a Great Ormond Street consultant.

Kidney swap for GOSH patient who’s spent over 3,600 hours on dialysis

A five-year-old patient, who has spent almost 10% of her childhood on dialysis, has successfully had a transplant thanks to a kidney-swap scheme.

New cheek swab test helping to monitor children with rare heart condition

A cheap and simple test, being developed with funding from the British Heart Foundation (BHF), will allow quick and safe monitoring in children with arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathies (ACM).