Latest press releases

The latest Great Ormond Street Hospital press releases are collected here. For our general news and feature pieces, please access our news area.

Visual health linked to social position

28 Jul 2016, 1:55 p.m.

A new research study from the UCL Institute of Child Health, Great Ormond Street Hospital’s research partner, shows that poor visual health is associated with poorer social, economic, educational, and employment opportunities and outcomes.

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Great Ormond Street Hospital calls for Europe deal that protects paediatric research and UK’s ability to treat most complex childhood diseases

21 Jul 2016, 5:59 p.m.

World leading children’s paediatric research and treatment centre, Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH), is urgently calling on the Government to secure a European deal which ensures the UK retains its brightest minds and crucial research funding, to save

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New genetic test could improve treatment of children’s kidney cancer

18 Jul 2016, 4:25 p.m.

Genetic testing of tumours could enable doctors to identify children most at risk of relapsing from kidney cancer, suggests research from the UCL Institute of Child Health, research partner of Great Ormond Street Hospital.

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan shares clean air ambitions with respiratory patients and staff at GOSH

5 Jul 2016, 6:21 p.m.

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, visited Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) today as he launched new plans to improve air quality in the capital.

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GOSH nurses tackle Kilimanjaro after being inspired by their young patients

1 Jul 2016, 3:11 p.m.

Earlier this year, six of our fantastic nurses made the epic trek up Mount Kilimanjaro, one of the World’s tallest mountains, to raise money for the patients at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH).

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