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Mat Shaw, CEO of GOSH in front of the GOSH entrance

Chief Executive Mat Shaw to take up additional role

4 Dec 2023, 5 p.m.

The Chief Executive of Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH), Mat Shaw, has become Whittington Health NHS Trust’s Interim Accountable Officer. This role is in addition to his role at GOSH.

GOSH resident arts pictured together on the roof garden of Great Ormond Street Hospital. They are standing in a line holding their musical instruments and smiling at the camera

GOSH poem celebrates 75 years of the NHS

24 Nov 2023, 4 p.m.

GOSH staff have shared how much working in the NHS means to them in a new poem to mark the 75-year anniversary of the service.

The image shows a little boy with a white hat, shorts and t-shirt, holding a green car in a playground.

GOSH patients take part in organ donation campaign

21 Nov 2023, 8:45 p.m.

GOSH patients are taking part in a campaign to raise awareness about paediatric organ donation.

A lady with white hair and wearing a pink jumper is standing on a sailing boat and smiling

GOSH patient celebrates 35-year anniversary of heart and lung transplant

20 Nov 2023, 9 a.m.

A patient has celebrated the 35th anniversary of their heart and lung transplant – making them GOSH’s longest surviving recipient of this kind of transplant.

A young girl with light brown and orange long hair smiling. She has medals hanging from red, white and blue ribbon around her neck.

Clinical trial results give new hope for children with rare brain tumours

18 Nov 2023, 8 a.m.

Researchers who are searching for better treatments for an incredibly rare type of brain tumour have published successful results from the latest rounds of clinical trials.

Educators from GOSH speak across the table to local students, with a table of materials between them.

GOSH hosts first-of-its-kind career event

15 Nov 2023, 11 a.m.

We're thrilled to share the success of our recent careers event, the Kickstart Above and Beyond Career Roadshow – a first-of-its-kind initiative by an NHS Trust!

Peter is playfully leaning backwards on one leg, with his left hand stretched up to the sky. On his index finger is a thimble, which his trusty friend Tinkerbell is trying to wrestle off. In Peter’s other hand he has a palm of invisible fairy dust which he is blowing onto passers-by as they walk through the doors of Great Ormond Street Hospital.

Peter Pan and Tinkerbell fly away for now

13 Nov 2023, 10:11 a.m.

During November 2023 our iconic Peter Pan and Tinkerbell sculpture will be moving from their current home at the main entrance to Great Ormond Street Hospital, as we prepare for the construction of the Children’s Cancer Centre.

Great Ormond Street Hospital main entrance

Temporary closure of GOSH main entrance: 30 November and 1 December 2023

30 Oct 2023, 10:57 a.m.

Everyone coming to the hospital will need to use alternative entrances.

One twin, a baby wearing a pink jumper, reaches out to touch the hand of an older twin, who is wearing a white t-shirt

Families celebrate GOSH's Conjoined Twins Day

27 Oct 2023, 8:15 a.m.

Six sets of twins came together to be seen by their different teams on Great Ormond Street Hospital’s Conjoined Twins’ Day.

New leads for patient and public involvement

25 Sep 2023, 4:25 p.m.

Professor Monica Lakhanpaul and Dr Polly Livermore have been appointed as leads for patient and public involvement in the NIHR GOSH BRC

Aditi in a hospital room, sat on our hospital bed at GOSH. She wears a bright yellow top, and has a nasogastric (NG) feeding tube and bright pink glasses and a purple monster hat. She smiles just off camera.

GOSH patient first in the UK to receive improved kidney transplant

22 Sep 2023, 10 a.m.

Eight-year-old Aditi is the first child in the UK and on the NHS to be taken off immunosuppressants just one-month after kidney transplant at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH).

Child with a tiger face painting at Play Street 2023.

A wonderful day at GOSH Play Street

22 Sep 2023, 11:01 a.m.

What a wonderful day at Play Street! Our fantastic annual event returned, welcoming patients, families and children from our local area to join us for an afternoon of play.

Photo of a group of people all smiling at the camera with Revd. Jim Linthicum sat in the centre

Lead chaplain retires after 17 years at Great Ormond Street Hospital

7 Sep 2023, 10 a.m.

After 17 years of leading the Great Ormond Street Chaplaincy and Spiritual Care Team, last week we said goodbye to Revd. Jim Linthicum

Sami and his brother Salman sitting in front of a brightly-coloured wall painted with flowers.

Experts at GOSH and Barts team up for world-first operation

31 Aug 2023, 7 p.m.

More than 50 clinicians from Great Ormond Street Hospital and Barts Health NHS Trust teamed up to perform a lifesaving world-first operation.

Siblings Lucy and Thomas stood outside of the Great Ormond Street Hospital entrance. The entrance doors are colourfully decorated and the siblings are stood in front of floor displays.

Family with rare condition are recipients of 500th Heart Transplant at GOSH

24 Jul 2023, 9 a.m.

A team of more than 50 specialists from across the country pulled together to help carry out the 500th heart transplant at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH). Thomas, Lucy, their mum, Khristine and oldest sister Bethany shared their story on the BBC Brea

A close up of blue and white bunting outside the GOSH main entrance

NHS 75th Anniversary celebrations at GOSH

7 Jul 2023, 10 a.m.

The NHS turned 75 on the 5th July. Take a look at how we celebrated at GOSH and said a big thank you to everyone in the incredible GOSH family.

Black and white photo of GOSH staff and patients holding hands in a circle, dancing around a large cake

Celebrating 75 years of the NHS

5 Jul 2023, 10 a.m.

Today marks 75 years of the NHS. In celebration we are looking back at some photos from our archive which span the last 75 years at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH).

Group of GOSH staff, including nurses and volunteers, gather on a rooftop garden to watch Tom perform an acoustic set

Former patient’s performance for GOSH staff features on the One Show

4 Jul 2023, 8 p.m.

Former patient Tom Bright returned to GOSH to be reunited with his surgeon Professor Lewis Spitz, and perform his song Remarkable Things for staff.

Hundreds of cancer patients team up to Get Active

1 Jul 2023, 4:29 p.m.

Hundreds of cancer patients, their families and staff from Great Ormond Street Hospital teamed up to try new sports as part of the Get Active campaign.

A young girl in a blue t-shirt is sitting down with her back to the camera, stretching sideways to shake the hand of a man in a white shirt who is bending down to meet her. She is smiling and so is he.

GOSH receives over £3.5m for research and innovation

28 Jun 2023, 11:31 a.m.

GOSH has been awarded over £3.5m by the NIHR for vital research and innovation equipment that will help to improve treatments for children