Search

Researcher with pipette

First UK baby receives pioneering surgery in the womb for rare bowel condition

3 Aug 2026, 8 a.m.

A baby boy has become the first child in the UK to undergo pioneering surgery while still in the womb for gastroschisis.

A penguin chick named Mildred is being held in the arms of a Zoo Keeper at London Zoo

Penguin chick named after GOSH ward to celebrate London Zoo partnership

5 Aug 2026, 10 a.m.

A Humboldt penguin chick that hatched on 30 April at ZSL London Zoo this year has been named Mildred, celebrating the start of a special partnership between the Zoo and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children GOSH.

Two women smile at the camera

Bagri family philanthropy enables UCL study into rare childhood neurological condition treated at GOSH

11 Aug 2026, 3:14 p.m.

A generous donation from the Bagri family will underpin a landmark study into gene-editing treatments for Dihydropteridine reductase deficiency (DHPR deficiency), an ultra-rare childhood neurological condition, treated at GOSH

PAS (periodic acid–Schiff) stained glomeruli showing reduced scarring (deep pink) following ultrasound guided renal artery injection of Angpt1 nanocomplexes.

New study brings hope for children with rare life-threatening kidney disease

27 Aug 2026, 9:19 a.m.

New research funded by Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity (GOSH Charity), LifeArc and Kidney Research UK has taken an important step towards developing a new treatment for serious genetic kidney diseases affecting children.

A group of researchers are working in the lab

Four research projects receive funding to improve understanding and treatment of childhood cancer

4 Sep 2026, 11:40 a.m.

Researchers at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) and UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (UCL GOS ICH) have received funding from The Little Princess Trust for four childhood cancer research projects.

2 photos side by side of bronze sink pipes with horizontal bends. The left one is slightly largers

From staff idea to global innovation: Taking the next step towards improving patient safety

7 Sep 2026, 2:59 p.m.

A simple idea developed by a GOSH clinician has secured a commercial partner.

Little brown haired boy with a white and red stripped shirt and red shorts waving with a yellow wheel barrow outside

‘Super elastic’ springs used in world-first surgery at Great Ormond Street Hospital

8 Sep 2026, 8 a.m.

Surgeons have carried out world-first surgery using innovative super elastic springs which can offer a safer and more effective treatment for a rare skull condition.

A Black woman smiles at the camera

Five GOSH clinicians recognised with professorial appointments at UCL

17 Sep 2026, 4:13 p.m.

Five clinician researchers from GOSH have been promoted to professor by University College London (UCL), recognising their outstanding contributions to research, innovation and child health.

A clinician is checking a child's eyes using a imaging device

Innovative imaging project aims to save children’s sight

21 Sep 2026, 11:32 a.m.

Researchers from GOSH and UCL are leading a project that could transform how children at risk of sight loss are monitored, by adapting advanced eye imaging technology for use closer to home

Four people wearing lab coats holding pipettes

Researchers funded to cure inflammatory disease

23 Sep 2026, 10:01 a.m.

Researchers from University College London (UCL) and Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) will join researchers across the UK and international partners in a bid to transform how chronic inflammatory disease is treated.

Photo of a man with a beard, wearing a pink shirt, blue tie and white lab coat. He is standing in front of a microscope

GOSH surgeon receives prestigious international award

28 Sep 2026, 10:01 a.m.

Professor Paolo De Coppi, Consultant Paediatric Surgeon at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH), has been recognised as an Honorary Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (ACS), one of the most prestigious honours in global surgery.

A baby cuddles up with his parents and everyone is smiling

Thousands join world-first trial to save lives of critically ill children

12 Oct 2026, 10:11 a.m.

Some of the sickest children in the UK have started to join an innovative clinical trial designed to improve the survival and recovery of children requiring intensive care treatment, led by GOSH.

GOSH entrance

Message to our patients and patient families following London-wide power outage

5 Oct 2026, 5:29 p.m.

Following a London-wide power outage today, we experienced some local issues at GOSH.

A grey, transparent, outline of the human brain is pictured. Within the brain a colourful bundle of nerve fibres, blue, purple, red and yellow, is present from the base of the brain through the centre. To the right of the bundle is a yellow tumour, which is around one fifth of the size of the brain.

New Fellowship to develop the next generation of paediatric neuro-oncology specialists

14 Oct 2026, 11:50 a.m.

The Tessa Jowell Brain Cancer Mission has launched it's first Paediatric Neuro-Oncology Fellowship, to support the development of specialists caring for children with brain cancers

A group of adults are gathered around a table of papers, laughing and interacting

GOSH families at the heart of major £6m project to improve support for children with complex needs

15 Oct 2026, 11:35 a.m.

Children, young people and families from GOSH will help shape a major new research programme

A young girl in a blue party hat smiles broadly in front of balloons that are in the shape of the number 10

World-first same-day metagenomics for children can detect hidden infections in intensive care

16 Oct 2026, 1 a.m.

GOSH has successfully implemented a pioneering same-day respiratory metagenomics testing service for children in intensive care, helping clinicians identify infections more quickly and make better-informed treatment decision

An illustration of a crane on a yellow background

Road closure: Great Ormond Street

15 Oct 2026, 12:08 p.m.

There will be a partial closure of Great Ormond Street between 4am on Wednesday 21 and 10pm on Thursday 22 October.

A man smiling, holding a photo of three children

Celebrating the gift of organ donation

15 Oct 2026, 1:06 p.m.

During Organ Donation Week 2026, GOSH hosted its first Donor Family Tea Party, bringing together families whose children gave the extraordinary gift of life through organ donation.

GO Create in April

April news

17 Apr 2016, 3:22 p.m.

Some of the highlights from GO Create! at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) during April.

Man presenting at The Arts as Intervention event, July 2017

The arts as intervention: improving child health

18 Jun 2017, 1:05 p.m.

To launch Creativity and Wellbeing Week (12-18 June 2017), the London Arts in Health Forum (LAHF) and GOSH Arts brought together artists, curators, researchers and museum experts at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH).