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GOSH takes the same care of your information as we do your health. For more information about how we protect and use your personal information, you can read our new Privacy Notice below.

We are always looking at ways to improve our website, and use a range of tools that help us to make sure that it meets your needs. This website does not store or capture personal information unless submitted by you through one of our website forms. The Trust does not make any attempt to find out the identities of those visiting our website, but merely logs general visitor data which is collected and used to improve and maintain the website for the visitors’ benefit. For more information on the data collected by this website, access the GOSH cookie policy

Information held about you and your child: information for families

Researchers grow functioning blood vessels from scratch

09 September 2020

Human cells ‘sent back in time’ to behave as they did in the womb can be used to grow networks of blood vessels in the laboratory, according to research by an international team including the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (ICH). The findings mark a significant step forward in engineering tissue and organs to study disease, test treatments or, in the future, offer rejection-free transplants for children with organ failure.

Encouraging your child to enjoy music

Music can relax us, stimulate us, bring us joy or challenge our understanding of situations. Encouraging your child to enjoy all kinds of music gives them an opportunity for mindfulness, listening for pleasure and switching off from everyday stress and worry. Even if you don’t see yourself as a musician or don’t know much about some types of music, there’s lots you can do to encourage your child to enjoy music – you might even make some new discoveries yourself or be inspired to bring music into family life. This page from Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) gives a few suggestions for encouraging enjoyment of music and how you can build time in your already busy lives.

Encouraging your child to enjoy reading

The ability to read is a key skill for life – but so is enjoying reading for pleasure. As parents, we have a role to play to encourage children and young people to read for pleasure – it is also a useful balance to using electronic devices. Even if you don’t read much yourself, there is a great deal you can do to encourage your child to read for pleasure – you might even rediscover a joy of reading yourself now you’re older! This page from Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) gives a few suggestions for encouraging reading for pleasure and how you can build time in your already busy lives.

Lab-grown mini-organs could offer treatment hope for children with intestinal failure

07 September 2020

Pioneering scientists at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH), the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (ICH) and the Francis Crick Institute have grown human intestinal grafts using stem cells from patient tissue that could one day lead to personalised transplants for children with intestinal failure, according to a study published in Nature Medicine.

Organ Donation Week: Enzo's story

07 September 2020

Enzo and his twin sister, Savannah, were born prematurely at 27 weeks. Sadly, Savannah passed away after developing necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), a serious illness in which tissues in the intestine become inflamed and start to die. Soon after losing his twin sister, Enzo developed the same condition and was rushed to Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH). His dad, Pier Francesco, shares their story.

Clinical Informatics for Translational Research

An exciting event bringing together a diverse range of groups involved in clinical informatics across the UCL BRCs and UCL. Open to all with an interest in clinical informatics, artificial intelligence and  data science.

For more information and to reserve your place: https://Clinicalinformatics.eventbrite.co.uk

Feeding your child after oesophageal atresia and/or tracheo-oesophageal fistula repair

Oesophageal atresia (OA) and tracheo-oesophageal fistula (TOF) are both congenital (present at birth) problems. They can develop together or separately and are usually diagnosed soon after birth (or occasionally during a prenatal scan). Both conditions require repair with an operation under general anaesthetic lasting two to three hours.

Once the repair has taken place, it can take some time for your child to completely recover. This page from Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) explains how best to feed your child following the repair operation and how to safely wean them onto solid foods around two years later. Suggestions contained in this information sheet are based on our extensive experience of looking after children with OA/TOF and promote safe feeding practices.

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