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.

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Great Ormond Street Hospital to take part in newborn screening pilot for five more diseases

12 Apr 2012, 3:58 p.m.

Great Ormond Street Hospital, which runs the UK's largest newborn screening lab, is to take part in a pilot to screen newborn babies for five more diseases.

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Boy spends record time with artificial heart

10 Apr 2012, 2:34 p.m.

Three year old Joe Skerratt is now a picture of health, but he was kept alive for 251 days by an artificial heart – longer than any other child in the UK.

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Great Ormond Street Hospital welcomes funding for world’s most advanced form of radiotherapy

5 Apr 2012, 11:47 a.m.

Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) patients are set to benefit from a government announcement today that up to £250 million of funding will bring Proton Beam Therapy to the UK.

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Last chance to be part of largest database of face shapes in the world

3 Apr 2012, 10:40 a.m.

Visitors to London’s Science Museum have until 10 April to take part in Me in 3D, an exciting project to create the largest database of face shapes in the world.

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UK Newborn Screening Programme Centre Celebrates its Tenth Year

2 Apr 2012, 11:03 a.m.

Programme Identifies Babies with Rare Conditions Enabling Early Treatment

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