Home

First UK trial for epilepsy treatment begins at GOSH

Watch Oran's story

Highlights

Lena, in her dad's arms, points at her picture on the family wall.

Celebrating the many teams behind a patients' care

Introducing our 'Family Walls': a new artwork in our hospital illustrating the complex journey our patients and families can have at GOSH and the 'GOSH Family' they create along the way.

Watch patients see their GOSH Family Wall for the first time
The image shows a montage of three children. The first is sat on a merrygo round, the next is saving a goal and the third is laughing at something off camera.

Research shows potential for ‘life-transforming’ giant mole reversal therapy

Thanks to hundreds of GOSH patients, researchers from GOSH, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute for Child Health, and the Francis Crick Institute have developed a groundbreaking genetic therapy that could reverse large, painful giant moles, after further study.

Find out more about the research

Helpful information

For patients and their parents

Resources for patients and their parents or carers

 Blue illustration of a stethoscope on a white background

Careers at GOSH

 microscope

Information for researchers, partners and funders

 note book pad

Content for health professionals

Featured

Graphic of proposed new main entrance at Great Ormond Street Hospital

A new Children's Cancer Centre

Learn more about our fantastic plans for this new facility, which includes cancer, theatres, imaging, and critical care services.

Read more about the new Children's Cancer Centre
Two students work with a training dummy in a simulation designed to train them in nursing skills.

Great Ormond Street Hospital Learning Academy

The GOSH Learning Academy represents our educational mission to help healthcare practitioners around the world build rewarding careers and provide outstanding training to drive improvements in paediatric care.

Discover more about the GOSH Learning Academy

GOSH news

Eddie and his brother Leo are stood on a balcony with their arms around each other smiling at the camera. They are both wearing a dark uniform.

World-first genomic testing scheme ensures every child gets the best cancer treatment for them

2 Jul 2024, 10 a.m.

Children with cancer are being offered treatment plans tailored to their specific cancer thanks to a single genomic test that reads more than three billion letters of DNA to identify cancer-causing mutations.
Read more
General news
Stem cell therapy

Important step forward in stem cell therapy for rare bowel disease

27 Jun 2024, 11:15 a.m.

A new study led by researchers at UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (UCL GOS ICH) and the Centre for Stem Cell Biology, University of Sheffield, has demonstrated the potential of stem cell therapy to treat those with Hirschsprung disease.
Read more
Research and Innovation
The street sign mounted on the fence of Great Ormond Street

Traffic changes on Great Ormond Street

25 Jun 2024, 4:10 p.m.

Please note Great Ormond Street will become one-way later this week.
Read more
General news
A teenage boy in a green jacket with orange trim sit astride a muddy bike. He is smiling broadly at the camera, even though he is mud spattered and he is wearing a helmet which is also mud-splattered. He's on a track that looks like a country path.

First UK trial of Deep Brain Stimulation for children with epilepsy begins at GOSH

24 Jun 2024, 9 a.m.

Discover how Oran became the first UK patient in a clinical trial using deep brain stimulation (DBS) for epilepsy. Learn about his 80% reduction in daytime seizures thanks to this innovative DBS treatment.
Read more
Research and Innovation
Paolo de Coppi

GOSH Surgeon Paolo De Coppi makes first TIME100 Health List

2 May 2024, 2 p.m.

Professor Paolo De Coppi has been added to TIME's inaugural TIME100 Health List of the 100 most influential people in global health this year
Read more
General news
A parent holding a baby while they sleep.

GOSH Charity launches childhood-focused campaign

25 Jun 2024, 12:05 p.m.

Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity has launched a new campaign highlighting the impact of serious illness on every part of childhood.
Read more
General news