https://www.gosh.nhs.uk/news/gosh-statement-response-news-covid-19-positive-patients-and-staff/
GOSH statement in response to news of COVID-19 positive patients and staff
2 Apr 2020, 4:36 p.m.
In response to reports in today's (2 April 2020) media about the number of COVID-19 positive staff and patients and COVID-19 related staff absences, a Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) spokesperson said:“We continue to monitor COVID-19 related staff absence carefully, which currently equates to six per cent of our workforce and are able to fully staff all of the services we have planned to run at this time.”
Chief Medical Officer takes up new role at Barts Health
Professor Sanjiv Sharma will be leaving Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) to take up the new role of Group Chief Medical Officer for Barts Health NHS Trust.
Construction activity weekend of 16 and 17 November 2024
On Saturday and Sunday 16 and 17 November 2024 during the day, a crane will be on Great Ormond Street to remove materials from the roof of the frontage building and to lift equipment on to the roof.
GOSH pilots AI tool to give clinicians more quality-time with patients
Patients and clinicians at GOSH have been taking part in the first NHS trial of a bespoke healthcare AI assistant, TORTUS, to help increase face-to-face time during appointments.
New hope to prevent blindness in children with rare genetic disease
A new treatment that could prevent blindness in children with the CLN2 type Batten disease has been trialled by Clinicians at GOSH and University College London Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (UCL GOS ICH).