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Blippi films Hospital Helpers at GOSH

13 Jan 2025, 2:40 p.m.

Volunteers and staff were thrilled to star in the popular Blippi series to show how they provide a warm welcome to patients at Great Ormond Street Hospital.

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Professor Ajay Vora awarded MBE in King’s New Year’s Honours

31 Dec 2024, 11:55 a.m.

Professor Ajay Vora has been awarded an MBE in the New Year’s Honours List

A special Christmas at home for ‘Queen of Robin Ward’ Isla

24 Dec 2024, 6 p.m.

Five-year-old Isla is looking forward to spending Christmas at home with her family after being admitted to the Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) Unit (Robin Ward) for over a year and half. This was the longest amount of time a patient has spent on this ward.

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NIHR GOSH Clinical Research Facility celebrates patients and their families with a festive celebration

20 Dec 2024, 1:21 p.m.

On Wednesday 18 December we celebrated the festive period at the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) GOSH Clinical Research Facility (CRF) on the 8th floor of the Southwood building.

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New findings from world’s largest study on children with Long-Covid

17 Dec 2024, 4:36 p.m.

A new study led by clinicians and researchers at Great Ormond Street Hospital and University College London Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health has found that 70% of young people in England with Long-Covid recover within two years.

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GOSH celebrates its fifth academic training weekend

2 Dec 2024, 11:06 a.m.

In early November 70 early career researchers came together for the fifth NIHR GOSH BRC Academic Training Weekend.

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Margaret Monckton appointed Chief Financial Officer of Great Ormond Street Hospital

29 Nov 2024, 11:51 a.m.

Margaret Monckton has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

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Chief Medical Officer takes up new role at Barts Health

22 Nov 2024, noon

Professor Sanjiv Sharma will be leaving Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) to take up the new role of Group Chief Medical Officer for Barts Health NHS Trust.

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Could adapting our sinks help combat superbugs?

16 Jan 2025, 5 p.m.

Discover how a Consultant Microbiologist at GOSH turned an innovative idea into a patented product that could revolutionise infection control in hospitals, schools, and airports – helping to stop superbugs like MRSA.

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Construction activity weekend of 16 and 17 November 2024

13 Nov 2024, 3:07 p.m.

On Saturday and Sunday 16 and 17 November 2024 during the day, a crane will be on Great Ormond Street to remove materials from the roof of the frontage building and to lift equipment on to the roof.

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GOSH pilots AI tool to give clinicians more quality-time with patients

11 Nov 2024, 7 a.m.

Patients and clinicians at GOSH have been taking part in the first NHS trial of a bespoke healthcare AI assistant, TORTUS, to help increase face-to-face time during appointments.

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New hope to prevent blindness in children with rare genetic disease

5 Nov 2024, 5:59 p.m.

A new treatment that could prevent blindness in children with the CLN2 type Batten disease has been trialled by Clinicians at GOSH and University College London Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (UCL GOS ICH).

$collection of wrist x-ray images and an AI tool highlighting in red which x-rays contain fractures$

GOSH only hospital outside of North America to receive innovation funding award for AI

31 Oct 2024, 11:52 a.m.

GOSH has been awarded the Amazon Web Services IMAGINE Grant: Children’s Health Innovation Award, to support artificial intelligence (AI) development and drive progress for children’s healthcare.

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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)

GOSH wins funding for technology to support research to improve children’s health outcomes

11 Oct 2024, 2 p.m.

GOSH has been successful in obtaining funding of £1.46m from the National Institute for Health and Care Research’s (NIHR) Capital Investment Bid.

Update regarding further media coverage

26 Sep 2024, 7 p.m.

There has been further media coverage of the orthopaedic review which is underway at Great Ormond Street Hospital. It refers to the report from the Royal College of Surgeons being shared with patients and families.

Crane lift and road closures weekend of 21 and 22 Sept 2024

20 Sep 2024, 1 p.m.

This weekend site cabins are being installed on Great Ormond Street. This requires a crane lift and some nearby road closures.

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Marking Childhood Cancer Awareness month with play, dance and art

11 Sep 2024, 2:30 p.m.

This month, over four days, we transformed our Lagoon area and Disney Reef into a vibrant dance, music, and art hub, creating a special space for our patients and their siblings in honour of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.

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Landmark study reveals epilepsy surgery reverses cognitive decline

11 Sep 2024, 9 a.m.

A first-of-its-kind study, led by researchers from GOSH and the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (UCL GOS ICH) has found that brain surgery for epilepsy is linked to significant improvement in children’s cognition.

Statement regarding recent media coverage

7 Sep 2024, 11:07 p.m.

A story running in the Sunday Times this weekend makes allegations about the Orthopaedic service at Great Ormond Street Hospital.