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The Power of Play

8 Sep 2021, 9:30 a.m.

Great Ormond Street Hospital’s expert Play team knows play can help children cope with whatever life throws at them. They've teamed up with GOSH Charity to share expert play tips and resources with parents across the UK.

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Patient Henry pictured with mum, Shevonne.

Henry: our animated festive hero

2 Dec 2021, 1:24 p.m.

This year, 4-year-old Henry and his family will be home for the festive season, having spent Henry's first two at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH). As part of Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity’s Christmas campaign, enjoy our film.

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Margot's nurse, Hannah, on Flamingo ward in her uniform.

Supporting families through difficult times

12 May 2022, 7 a.m.

Last year, Hannah, one of our intensive care nurses, supported a family through an incredibly difficult time in their lives, when their daughter Margot sadly passed away 24 hours after she was born...

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GOSH Charity Play Date with a photo of kids playing in a field

Host a Play Date for GOSH Charity

20 May 2022, 4 p.m.

Host a Play Date this July and raise money to help fund our amazing Play team. Learn about GOSH Charity's upcoming event below.

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A photo of the bedrooms in the new Powis Place Accommodation, showing a double bed, a bright window, a yellow chair and small desk.

GOSH Charity opens new family accommodation

9 Aug 2022, 3 p.m.

We have two new parent and carer accommodation complexes, established with the support of GOSH Charity partners. Just ninety seconds from GOSH, they provide parents and carers of one of our patients with a free place to stay.

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Destiny-Rae is a little girl, she is pictured in her hospital bed wearing a white t-shirt with a purple blanket over her

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

23 Apr 2024, 6 a.m.

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.

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A picture showing Lucy Waller, with Athlete Mentor Su Miller in the entrance of the hospital with a logo behind them.

Athletes to mentor children and young people having treatment at Great Ormond Street Hospital

13 May 2024, 1:35 p.m.

In a new partnership with Dame Kelly Holmes Trust, world class athlete mentors will support children and young people having treatment at Great Ormond Street Hospital.

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New clinical trial at GOSH gives hope to children with aggressive blood cancer

14 Oct 2024, 3 p.m.

Researchers at GOSH and UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (UCL GOS ICH) are collaborating on a novel approach to clinical trials to give hope to children with an aggressive type of blood cancer, T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (T-ALL)

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Breaking ground for our Children’s Cancer Centre

5 Jun 2025, 4:45 p.m.

On 3 June 2025, we ceremonially marked the next phase for the Children’s Cancer Centre - construction beginning!

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Free fireworks event at Coram's Fields

10 Oct 2025, 10:01 a.m.

Coram’s Fields Fireworks Night returns for a pyrotechnic extravaganza in the heart of London - with over an hour of live stage performances followed by one of the city’s best (and only free) firework displays.

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GOSH Family Arts week: Wheelchairs and legs of 4 unidentified people with blue string on floor, Sept 2017

GOSH Family Arts Week

29 Oct 2016, 5:05 p.m.

The Third Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) Family Arts Week took place from the 24 — 28 October, programed by GOSH Arts and the Activity Centre and open to all patients, siblings and families.

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