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Say thank you to a nurse that's helped you

24 Mar 2025, 10:34 a.m.

The DAISY Award is an international recognition programme that honours and celebrates the incredible work of nurses and midwives. You can nominate a registered nurse for three different categories - here's how.

First patient treated with groundbreaking gene therapy trial

21 Mar 2025, 9:51 a.m.

A baby boy born with a rare condition has become the first in the world to be treated with a new, potentially lifechanging, investigational gene therapy on a clinical trial at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH).

Professor Darren Hargrave appointed NIHR Senior Investigator

19 Mar 2025, 2:44 p.m.

We’re delighted to announce that Professor Darren Hargrave has been named as a NIHR Senior Investigator in this year’s prestigious awards list.

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Pick up your copy of "The Look Inside"

17 Mar 2025, 10:13 a.m.

The latest edition of our magazine for children and young people is out now!

Sophia Varadkar appointed as Acting Chief Medical Officer

14 Mar 2025, 4:16 p.m.

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust (GOSH) has appointed Dr Sophia Varadkar as Acting Chief Medical Officer.

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Reflecting on rare disease day 2025

7 Mar 2025, 12:23 p.m.

Rare Disease Day is an international event which takes place annually on the last day of February. The date is chosen because in leap years it is February 29, the rarest date!

Five people in an operating theatre. The room has a lot of equipment including lights and screens. Two of the surgeons are wearing Virtual Reality headsets and controllers to demonstrate how they plan operations with images shown on a laptop screen.

Surgeons mark 40 years since first conjoined twins separation

3 Mar 2025, 7 p.m.

Two surgeons who led the first ever separation of conjoined twins at Great Ormond Street Hospital forty years ago have been reunited with their patient.

First-of-its-kind study will assess psychological impact of sudden cardiac death on children

3 Mar 2025, 9:36 a.m.

Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) and University College London (UCL) will lead a pioneering study with the hope of revealing more about how best to help children who have experienced an unexpected and often traumatic loss in the family.

Lucy's image competition entry entitled 'blooming barrier'

Incredible images showcase moments of discovery at GOSH

28 Feb 2025, 9:02 a.m.

A surprising floral image helping researchers study Hirschsprung disease, a rare bowel disease in children, has been crowned the winner of the annual National Institute for Health and Care Research Great Ormond Street Hospital Biomedical Research Cent

Jessica's care team at the GOSH Clinical Research Facility

Rare Disease Day: Jessica's story

26 Feb 2025, 5:14 p.m.

As part of this year’s countdown to Rare Disease Day, we’re sharing Jessica’s story.

Revolutionary eye gene therapy gives children life-changing improvements

21 Feb 2025, 10:31 a.m.

Four children have gained life-changing improvements in their sight following pioneering eye gene therapy at Great Ormond Street Hospital for a rare genetic blindness.

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Predicting how childhood kidney cancers develop

18 Feb 2025, 2:14 p.m.

New research has analysed how the childhood kidney cancer, Wilms tumour, evolves in children who are more at risk from developing the cancer.

GOSH Professor appointed to co-chair national children and young people cancer task force

14 Feb 2025, 9 a.m.

We are delighted to congratulate Prof. Darren Hargrave and Dame Caroline Dinenage on their appointments as co-chairs of the Children and Young People Cancer Task force.

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Deconstruction of the Frontage Building starting

14 Feb 2025, 9 a.m.

We are pleased to announce that deconstruction of the Frontage Building will start on Monday 17 February.

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GOSH dietitians celebrate research success

13 Feb 2025, 11:39 a.m.

The dietetics team have had a busy year carrying out research alongside their clinical practice.

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Takeover Challenge 2025

4 Feb 2025, 1 p.m.

Takeover Challenge is a national event that welcomes children and young people into real-life decision-making positions in organisations.

Join us in the countdown to Rare Disease Day 2025

1 Feb 2025, 9 a.m.

Rare Disease Day takes place annually on the last day of February and is a global opportunity to increase awareness and advocate for those living with rare conditions.

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Children’s Cancer Centre: main contractor on board

30 Jan 2025, 8 a.m.

The contract for the main works to develop our new Children’s Cancer Centre has been awarded to John Sisk & Son (Sisk).

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Significant rise in mental health admissions for young people over last decade

23 Jan 2025, 1:48 p.m.

The first study of its kind has found a 65% increase in the number of children and young people admitted to general acute medical wards in hospitals in England, because of a mental health concern between 2012 and 2022.

Millions in new funding for revolutionary paediatric intensive care trial

16 Jan 2025, 9:32 a.m.

Researchers at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) have received more than £6m in funding from the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR).