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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.

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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.

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).

Photo of a patient using the Blood Quest iPad App, November 2016

Blood Quest

1 Nov 2016, 3:58 p.m.

GOSH Arts and ORCHID (Centre for Outcomes and Experience Research in Children’s Health, Illness and Disability) have worked with patients, artists and health creatives to develop Blood Quest, an app that helps inform, entertain and distract children befor

Clean air, yeah!

Clean Air, YEAH!

17 Oct 2016, 12:25 p.m.

With the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, working hard to improve London’s air through his new air quality strategy Clearing the Air we thought it would be a good time to reflect on our Clean Air, Yeah!, project which took place in Spring last year.

The Craft Station

The Craft Station

17 Sep 2016, 3:12 p.m.

This summer Volunteer Services, GO Create! and staff from Outpatients came together to introduce the Craft Station to Outpatient waiting areas at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH).

Exploring 'Kinds of Life' in the Zayed Centre for Research

22 Nov 2019, 4:48 p.m.

Kinds of Life is a moving sculpture by Random International that lives at the heart of the Zayed Centre for Research. It sporadically engages with visitors to the Centre, aiming to reflect the idea of curiosity leading to great discovery. We spoke to Rand

A child getting creative as part of GOSH arts

Family Arts Week 2017

14 Nov 2017, 12:09 p.m.

Now in its fourth year, Family Arts Week took place at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) from the 23 – 27 October. During the week families enjoyed pop-up performances and workshops in unexpected places across the hospital, including in the reception, l

Performers put on a show for children at Great Ormond Street Hospital's Famiyl Arts Week

Family Arts Week is back

23 Oct 2017, 11:59 a.m.

The fourth Family Arts Week is taking place at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) 23–27 October, and includes family workshops, performances and music inspired by GOSH’s architecture.

Gibson/Martelli at Great Ormond Street Hospital

28 Mar 2017, 3:35 p.m.

GOSH Arts have invited artists Gibson/Martelli to undertake a research project at Great Ormond Street Hospital during April 2017.

GO Create! at Great Ormond Street Hospital

GO Create! A review and preview

17 Jun 2016, 3:32 p.m.

GO Create! The Arts and Humanities Programme at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) has had an exciting 2015/16. Some of our highlights include

The Fantasy Fortune Tellers: Unidentified person drawing and writing messages on cards by patients beside, Feb 2017

GOSH Arts and the Foundling Museum

1 Feb 2017, 4:13 p.m.

Each year GOSH Arts and the Foundling Museum co-lead two creative projects at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH), culminating in displays at the Museum’s Introductory Gallery.

GOSH Arts and Patient Experience: Unidentified mother and child sitting on floor, April 2017

GOSH Arts, Patient Experience and Always Welcoming

1 Apr 2017, 5:08 p.m.

This winter Patients Experience and GOSH Arts worked together to bring the Our Always Values to Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) families and patients.

GOSH Choir goes virtual

14 May 2020, 1:44 p.m.

Thanks to a new virtual practice, the GOSH Choir is enabling staff and families to come together and share their love of music during COVID-19. Find out more about how the choir is bringing joy during this time and listen to their beautiful performance of

Two young girls playing the xylophone at the Lullaby Factory

The Harmony Garden and The Xylophone Bench

9 Nov 2017, 10:28 a.m.

GOSH Arts and Studio Weave worked with xylophone maker Jamie Linwood to commission a Xylophone Bench for Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) families and staff to enjoy.

Heart of The Matter artworks

The Heart Of The Matter

16 Apr 2018, 9:30 a.m.

The Heart of the Matter is a touring exhibition, made partly in collaboration with Great Ormond Street Hospital patients with heart conditions, that brings together art and medicine to reflect on the human heart.

Abstract pattern on window by Joceline Howe in the Premier Inn Clinical Building, March 2017

Help us Commission Artworks for GOSH!

13 Oct 2017, 4:28 p.m.

Over the next two years GOSH Arts! will be working with an exciting range of artists to enhance existing artworks and develop new permanent artworks for the Premier Inn Clinical Building, opening 2017 and the Zayed Centre for Research into Rare Disease in