Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH)’s mission is to provide world-class clinical care and training for the benefit of children in the UK and worldwide. This means that it is also our mission to pioneer new research and treatments for the children that we see at GOSH, particularly the very sick...
Great Ormond Street Hospital is set to play a lead role coordinating a new North Thames network of hospitals involved in Genomic England’s 100,000 Genome Project.
Cleft lip repair is an operation to reconstruct the shape of the lip and nose. If there is a cleft palate as well, then the front half (anterior) of the palate is also repaired. This information sheet explains about the operation to repair a cleft lip and what to expect when your child comes to the North Thames Cleft Service for the operation.
A new centre bringing together the country’s leading doctors and scientists to find effective treatments for children’s rare diseases has taken a significant step forward with the appointment of architects Stanton Williams.
A new initiative set to tackle the global threat of antibiotic resistance (also known as antimicrobial resistance or AMR) has been awarded £3.3 million in government funding.
Researchers are set to rewrite the charts they use to assess children’s lungs and diagnose respiratory conditions, following an extensive study of more than 2,000 primary school pupils in London.
A new survey from the Child Accident Prevention Trust (CAPT) has found that three in four parents (73%) with children under 5 mistakenly believe that child safety tops make medicines and toxic cleaning products child-proof.
A team of scientists led by Professor Francesco Muntoni of the UCL Institute of Child Health has won an EU grant to develop and test a novel drug treatment for boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD).
CLOSED: The Royal Marsden Hospital (RMH) BRC is arranging a two-day residential course, “Pathway to Independence”, on 19 and 20 November in Cambridge. The course is aimed at early career Clinical Academics interested in becoming independent researchers, in particular those that are thinking of...
CLOSED: Great Ormond Street Hospital Biomedical Research Center (GOSH BRC) is inviting researchers to apply for funds to help embed high quality Patient and Public nvolvement and Engagement (PPI E) in their research.
Plans to create a world-leading new Centre for Research into Rare Disease in Children were approved by councillors at Camden Town Hall on Tuesday 3 March 2015.
This page from Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) explains why bowel incontinence (encopresis or soiling) can occur in toilet-trained children and young people. It also gives suggestions for treatment and strategies to try at home to improve the situation.
Significantly more children are now surviving their first month after heart surgery, according to new research funded by Great Ormond Street Hospital’s Children’s Charity.
Our public consultation on proposals to build the Centre for Research into Rare Disease in Children on a disused site near the hospital drew to a close on Sunday, 27 July 2014.
The neurological and craniofacial team specialise in the acute management of children with complex conditions, such as Crouzon and Apert syndrome, stroke, CNS infection and seizure control.
After completing work experience at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH), Clinda was accepted on to the Scientists Training Programme (STP). Now, Clinda is a clinical scientist in the genetics laboratory, currently working on the 100,000 genomes project.
CLOSED: GOSgene is dedicated to providing better understanding of rare diseases and to facilitate better understanding of the underlying molecular basis of disease.
The Muscle Biopsy service is part of the Dubowitz Neuromuscular Centre (DNC). One of our major roles is to provide a specialist diagnostic and assessment service for congenital muscular dystrophies and congenital myopathies.
As the largest paediatric centre in the UK for brain surgery, Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) provides the last chance for many children with complex neurological conditions.The third episode of the BBC documentary series Great Ormond Street looks at the difficult decision-making and intricate surgical procedures facing patients with a variety of these complex conditions.
