Children's Cancer Centre building work

Deconstruction of the frontage building is starting soon. This means we are nearer to realising our ambition to provide a new home for our cancer services, as well as more space for our school, imaging, critical care and theatre services and an amazing new entrance for the whole hospital.

We have worked closely with our contractor, Sisk, to limit the impacts of deconstruction as far as possible by:

• using very precise deconstruction methods with the frontage building wrapped in sheeting and taken down section by section, floor by floor.
• having acoustic screens around works areas to reduce noise and using water to dampen down dust.
• having monitors in place to ensure strict noise, vibration and air quality limits are not exceeded with quiet periods between 7 and 8am, 12 and 1pm and 5-6pm.

Please talk to your ward team if the work is disturbing you or you have any concerns.

You will see scaffolding going up around the Frontage Building as we prepare for it to be deconstructed floor by floor later this year. The building will be wrapped to limit the impacts of the deconstruction, with dust and waste contained.

Our construction partner, Sisk, is finalising its work to disconnect the Frontage Building from the rest of the hospital buildings and to ensure that no infrastructure needed for the hospital is within the construction zone.

At the moment, there is some digging taking place in the Octav Botnar Wing Yard which may be noisy.

Occasionally, workers may need access to patient areas, if this happens, it will be agreed with you and the clinical teams in advance. If activity is directly impacting on a particular ward, the ward teams will be aware and will let patients and families know.

Please talk to your ward team if the work is disturbing you or you have any concerns.

The main entrance on Great Ormond Street has closed. For most people coming to Great Ormond Street Hospital, the best alternative entrance is on Guilford Street.

Appointment letters and My GOSH will also let you know which entrance is best for you to use.

Patient pick-up and drop-off location is now on Guilford Street near the Morgan Stanley Clinical Building entrance. The Great Ormond Street entrance will be closed for the duration of the building works. Please do not use the entrance on Powis Place as this is for emergency ambulance access and staff only.

Find out more about the best ways to travel to GOSH.

Find out which entrance is best for you.

Great Ormond Street is now one-way (from Lambs Conduit Street to Queen Square). Cyclists will continue to be able to go both ways along all of the street. Access for emergency ambulances will continue to be permitted from Queen Square to Powis Place.