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New Chief Financial Officer joins GOSH

4 Oct 2022, 5 p.m.

John Beswick has been appointed Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

A photo of Lizzie Penn, a Senior Play Specialist at Great Ormond Street Hospital in one the sensory play rooms. She is wearing the purple polo top, the uniform of the GOSH play team.

GOSH Play Specialist, Lizzie Penn, receives prestigious WellChild award

24 Aug 2022, 12:47 p.m.

We would like to extend our heartfelt congratulations to Lizzie Penn, one of our Senior Play Specialists, who has just been named the national 2022 WellChild Award winner!

Kickstart your career at GOSH | Careers Fair for 16-18 year olds

15 Aug 2022, 5 p.m.

Are you 16-18 years old? Interested in working at GOSH? Come meet our teams and learn how you can kickstart your career. Join us, Wednesday 24 August, where we'll be in the Lagoon sharing all the tips and advice you need to begin your career at GOSH.

GOSH Volunteer Clare outside the hospital entrance

Meet our wonderful volunteers

1 Jun 2022, 10 a.m.

It’s National Volunteers Week from Wednesday 1 to Sunday 5 June. It's a time for us to learn more about our volunteers and say a huge thank you for their commitment to making our patients and families feel welcome.

Fahmida stands in front a wall smiling - the wall has a leaf motif behind her

Meet the brilliant people behind our clinical trials

20 May 2022, 8 a.m.

We are committed to carrying out pioneering research to find treatments and cures for some of the most complex illnesses. We often have over 500 research projects active at one time. Meet the people who help make this happen.

Industrial action at GOSH: update for families and visitors 18 February 2022

18 Feb 2022, 4 p.m.

Yesterday (17 February), we came to an agreement with the union and protesters are now legally required to adhere to the provisions of a Court Order which includes keeping protests within three specific designated areas.

A split image: on the left the archive photo of the Flying Squad in 1948. On the right, today's CATs Retrieval team.

How we bring critically ill children to GOSH: then and now

17 Feb 2022, 3 p.m.

Since opening our doors in 1852, we’ve experienced many breakthroughs in research, technology, and our practices. The technology that enables us to transfer critically ill children has improved significantly.

GOSH Non- Executive Director awarded in New Year's Honours list

12 Jan 2022, 4:47 p.m.

Professor Russell Viner, a non-Executive Director at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, has been made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to child and adolescent health, particularly during Covid-19.

Lauran O'Neill stands smiling in front of a pattern curtain wearing her nurses uniform. To her left there are sketches of a microscope, a book and test tubes.

NIHR “Your Path in Research” campaign highlights GOSH’s research staff

21 Oct 2021, 5 p.m.

Throughout the month we’ve been sharing some of the amazing research stories from right here at GOSH – highlighting just a handful of examples of the research projects that our staff are involved in across the hospital.

New Chief Nurse for Great Ormond Street Hospital

8 Sep 2021, 9:25 a.m.

Tracy Luckett has been appointed chief nurse at Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Tracy is currently director of nursing and allied healthcare professions at Moorfields Eye Hospital, where she has worked for the last 13 years.

GOSH welcomes domestic service colleagues as employees

5 Aug 2021, 9:30 a.m.

We are pleased to have welcomed all domestic service colleagues into direct NHS employment on Sunday 1 August 2021. Previously they had been employed by external companies, most recently by OCS.

GOSH Apprentices nominated in BAME Apprenticeship Awards

28 Jun 2021, 2 p.m.

We're really excited to announce that we've been nominated for several awards in this year's BAME Apprenticeship Awards. Hear from our two apprentice finalists.

New team of nurses join GOSH after successful Philippines recruitment drive

18 Feb 2021, 2:45 p.m.

A new team of nurses have joined Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children after a successful recruitment drive in the Philippines.

The BAME Forum asks: what does racial equality mean to you?

5 Feb 2021, 11:54 a.m.

Last week saw the launch of the first Race Equality Week in the UK. It was motivated by the Nobel prize nominated Black Lives Matter movement, and as a response to the disproportionate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on black and brown communities. …

GOSH takes cycling gold

20 Jan 2021, 4:49 p.m.

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust has become the first hospital in the UK to be awarded gold by Cycling UK’s Cycle Friendly Employer Accreditation Scheme.

Elaine Cloutman Green Healthcare scientist

GOSH infection control scientist awarded in New Year’s Honours list

31 Dec 2020, 9:06 a.m.

A Healthcare Scientist at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children has been awarded a British Empire Medal (BEM) in this year’s New Year’s Honours list.

GOSH at Christmas: Sian's story

15 Dec 2020, 2:20 p.m.

Sian Aston, Junior Ward Sister on Pelican Ward, has volunteered to work over Christmas for the past two years. Here she discusses her memories of working at GOSH over the festive period.

Grief Awareness Week 2020

4 Dec 2020, 3:19 p.m.

It’s Grief Awareness Week and we’re working with The Good Grief Trust to try and normalise grief and get people talking about this typically uncomfortable subject. Bereavement is one of the most devastating things any of us will ever go through. This week

Celebrating our AHPs

14 Oct 2020, 10:35 a.m.

Allied health professionals (AHPs) give treatment to rehabilitate patients. There are 14 types of AHPs, from music therapists to radiographers. At GOSH we have 282 AHPs that span seven specialties. Let’s take a look at the varying roles!

GOSH Cancer Unit puts on a virtual Relay

16 Sep 2020, 9:39 a.m.

This Cancer Awareness Month, staff have united with their cancer patients to raise money for GOSH Charity and CLIC Sargent with a virtual relay.