Latest press releases

The latest Great Ormond Street Hospital press releases are collected here. For our general news and feature pieces, please access our news area.

New global benchmarks to measure lung function

3 Sep 2012, 1:17 p.m.

New research led by the UCL Institute of Child Health has established the first global benchmarks for assessing lung function in different age and ethnic groups.

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Heart and renal transplant patients to represent Great Ormond Street Hospital in the British Transplant Games

23 Aug 2012, 5:16 p.m.

Great Ormond Street Hospital heart and renal transplant patients will get a taste of the Olympics when they represent the hospital at the 2012 British Transplant Games.

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Comment on International and Private Patients Service

22 Aug 2012, 11:12 a.m.

Plans by the Department of Health and UK Trade and Investment to encourage more NHS hospitals to explore international opportunities have been widely covered in the media. Some news articles have mentioned the existing international work done by Great Orm

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Jan Filochowski appointed as Chief Executive of Great Ormond Street Hospital

16 Aug 2012, 10 a.m.

Jan Filochowski, one of the UK’s most respected and experienced NHS chief executives, has been appointed as CEO of Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

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Comment on the procedure for complex end-of-life cases

14 Aug 2012, 9:21 a.m.

A paper authored by two Great Ormond Street Hospital doctors and one of the hospital's chaplains has been published in the Journal of Medical Ethics.

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