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GOSH Conference 2020 - Our People • Our Patients • Our Hospital

4 Dec 2020, 10 a.m.

Our 4th annual GOSH conference was run virtually and delivered successfully by the GLA team on Friday, 20th November.

The themes of this year’s conference were Our patients, Our people and Our hospital.

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We had over 547 participants logged onto our conference. The day started with inspirational talk from GOSH’s YPF Governor Miss Grace Shaw-Hamilton, followed by RCPCH President, Prof. Russell Viner. The morning sessions went on to cover a broad width of topics around wellbeing, Culture Intelligence, Guarding our reputation, and much more. The day finished with ‘Green Hospital’, presented by Dr Nicholas Boyd, Consultant Anaesthetist, Bristol Children Hospital and Nick Martin, Sustainability Lead.

Congratulations to our Oral presentation winner Ms Helen Mercer and Digital poster winner Mr Dulanka Silva and their teams. We accepted a total 116 abstracts which represented a huge diversity of works have been done by our people and they will be published on the Archive of Childhood Disease.

Thank you all who have attended the conference and all the internal and external speakers who have made the day Informative and fabulous

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Better understanding leukaemia for children with down syndrome

Researchers have mapped the evolution of a type of leukaemia that is exclusive to children with Down syndrome and may have identified an overarching weakness in the cancer's genetic makeup.

Surgeon who saved children’s sight surprised by patients, family and colleagues

Professor Chris Lloyd, consultant ophthalmic surgeon and paediatric ophthalmologist, was given a surprise to remember as a part of the BBC The One Show’s ‘One Big Thank You’.

Gentler treatment eliminates early deaths for children with relapsed leukaemia

A groundbreaking national study led by clinicians at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) has shown that children and young people with relapsed acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) can be treated safely with significantly less intensive chemotherapy.

NHS eye gene therapy restores Saffie's sight

Saffie has had her sight restored thanks to life-changing eye gene therapy for rare blindness at GOSH