Plans to open the world’s first centre dedicated to paediatric research into rare diseases at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) are to become a reality thanks to a £60 million gift from Her Highness Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak.
Earlier this summer, Young People’s Forum (YPF) member, Annabel, interviewed Mrs Lucy Jenkins, Director of the Regional Genetics Laboratory based at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH). Lucy also works on the 100,000 Genomes Project, an initiative announced by David Cameron in 2012, which aims to analyse the DNA of 100,000 NHS patients.
This page from Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) explains about junctional epidermolysis bullosa with pyloric atresia and how it can be managed. It also contains suggestions for making everyday life more comfortable and contact details for a support organisation.
The first children to receive a genetic diagnosis through the 100,000 Genomes Project have been given their results at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH), part of the North Thames Genomic Medical Centre (NTGMC.)
OPEN: This scheme funds patient-focused early phase translational clinical research (commonly referred to as experimental medicine), the aim of which is to pull basic scientific discoveries into clinical research, and through to benefits for patients and the NHS. This can include development of new pharmaceuticals, devices, preventative measures and diagnostic tests.
Colonic manometry is a test to measure how well the muscles and nerves in the colon (large intestine) work. These muscles squeeze rhythmically to push faeces (poo) through to the rectum and out of the body.
The prevention, diagnosis and treatment of illness at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) relies on a broad range of scientific knowledge and technical skills. Along with doctors and nurses, scientists and technicians are essential members of today's healthcare team.
The Department of Child and Adolescent Mental Health has an Intervention Service, coordinated by the Psychological Medicine Team, that offers brief, focused, evidence-based treatments to children with mental health difficulties.
The Psychological Medicine Team provides a specialist (tertiary and quaternary) service for the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of children with mental health problems in the context of physical health difficulties, who are already under the care of a child and adolescent psychiatrist,...
Enteral feeding is a very useful method of ensuring adequate intake of fluid and nutrients in patients who, for a variety of reasons, are unable to use the oral route, or are unable to take sufficient nutrients to maintain growth and development.
At Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH), we aim to provide the highest quality of care for your child. To do this, we need to keep records about your child, their health, the care they have had in the past and our plans for the future.
