This information from Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) explains achalasia. The oesophagus (foodpipe) contains muscles which squeeze rhythmically to push food downwards. In achalasia, these muscles and the lower sphincter (ring of muscle at the end of t
Parry-Romburg syndrome (also known as Progressive Hemifacial Atrophy) is a rare condition affecting the skin and soft tissues on one side of the face (hemifacial). It is considered to be within the group of conditions called morphoea and is named after th
New cheek swab test helping to monitor children with rare heart condition
22 Apr 2024, 9:49 a.m.
A cheap and simple test, being developed with funding from the British Heart Foundation (BHF), will allow quick and safe monitoring in children with arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathies (ACM).
Young people want AI involved in their care, new GOSH study shows
10 Jul 2024, 2:21 p.m.
For the first time, a study has asked children and young people across all four UK nations for their views on how they would like AI to be used to enhance their healthcare
The Duchess of Cornwall meets GOSH patient during visit to ground breaking research centre
12 Feb 2015, 3:14 p.m.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cornwall visited The Arthritis Research UK Centre for Adolescent Rheumatology, the world’s first centre dedicated to understanding how and why arthritis affects teenagers.
Brain discovery could help children with memory problems
30 Sep 2015, 3:44 p.m.
A discovery about an area of the brain crucial to storing memories could help children with developmental amnesia, according to a team from the UCL Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH).
Imogen was only five months old when she had a double lung transplant at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH), making her the smallest child to ever have the operation in the UK.
Now, Imogen is able to enjoy most activities like any other little girl her
Conditions treated by the Cystic Fibrosis (CF) team
The Cystic Fibrosis (CF) team at Great Ormond Street Hospital treat this life-limiting disorder which affects more than 9,000 people in the UK, just under half of whom are children.
The Neurology department provides a specialist (tertiary) service for the diagnosis (not always possible) and treatment of children 0-16 years of age with neurological disorders, who are already under the care of a paediatrician or other paediatric specia
Information about angiography and angioplasty procedures, what they involve and what to expect when your child comes to Great Ormond Street Hospital to have them.
Information about an angiography procedure, what it involves and what to expect when your child comes to Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) to have it.
Haemophilia A (also known as Classic Haemophilia or Factor VIII deficiency) is the most well-known type of clotting disorder. A specific protein is missing from the blood so that injured blood vessels cannot heal in the usual way. This page from Great Orm
Haemophilia B (also known as Factor IX deficiency) is a type of clotting disorder, much rarer than Haemophilia A (Classic Haemophilia or Factor VIII deficiency). A specific protein is missing from the blood so that injured blood vessels cannot heal in the
Fluid can build up inside the body for many reasons. Small amounts of fluid can be drawn off using a needle and syringe. This is called aspiration. Larger amounts or thicker liquid will need to be drained over a period of time using a thin plastic tube. T
This page from Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) provides information about your child’s compression garment and gives instructions for wearing it and looking after it.
Meet Alanna Rudd, a Play Specialist at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH). She explains the importance of play in reducing patient anxieties and providing a positive, normalised environment for children when they are at hospital.
Multiple sclerosis (MS) in young people nearly always starts as a “relapsing –remitting” condition. This means that the condition causes symptoms (for example of visual loss, weakness or numbness) that occur for a short period (more than 24 hours) and the
