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Karl Munslow Ong has joined GOSH as its new Chief Executive

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Great Ormond Street Hospital is one of the world’s leading children’s hospitals.

Since 1852 we’ve had the privilege of working to discover better, kinder treatments for the rarest and most complex illnesses to help children reach their full potential.

What's going on around GOSH

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A new Children's Cancer Centre

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GOSH Learning Academy

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Building works: updates and what to expect

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Celebrating the many teams behind a patients' care

GOSH in numbers

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patients seen each day

Every day seriously ill children and young people are seen at GOSH for life-changing treatment and care

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active clinical trials

Transformational clinical trials are currently happening throughout the hospital

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learning opportunities delivered

GOSH Learning Academy provides multi-professional paediatric healthcare education and training

GOSH news

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Landmark decision to screen for spinal muscular atrophy at birth

16 Jul 2026, 3:05 p.m.

Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) is delighted at the announcement that newborn babies in England will be offered screening for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) through the newborn blood spot, or "heel prick", test programme.
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GOSH welcomes new Chief People Officer

10 Jul 2026, 3 p.m.

Lizzie Smith will join the children’s hospital from NHSE London region
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From complex science to clear communication

2 Jul 2026, 11:03 a.m.

Across multiple projects at GOSH, patients, families and young people are playing a vital role in transforming how research is communicated
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Gene therapy successfully treats deadly childhood liver disease in mice

29 Jun 2026, 11:16 a.m.

Researchers at GOSH and UCL have used a new gene therapy to successfully treat a deadly childhood liver disease in mice.
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Research and Innovation
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Shaping better research from the start

22 Jun 2026, 4:12 p.m.

At GOSH, patient and public involvement is helping researchers to ask the right question, right from the start.
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Research internships: building a more inclusive pipeline into clinical academia

22 Jun 2026, 1:19 p.m.

Through our Research Hospital Internship programme, the NIHR GOSH Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) is enabling healthcare professionals from diverse backgrounds to take their first steps into research.
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