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.

Patients, supporters and celebrities attend special reception at Number 11 Downing Street

26 May 2016, 12:34 p.m.

​On Wednesday 25 May, The Rt Hon George Osborne MP hosted a special reception at Number 11 Downing Street to celebrate the success of the Evening Standard and Independent Newspaper’s Christmas appeal ‘Give to GOSH’.

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BBC One’s DIY SOS and volunteers roll up their sleeves to build a garden in Great Ormond Street Hospital

24 May 2016, 10:05 a.m.

The BBC One series, DIY SOS will help to build and plant a new garden at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH).

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The Morgan Stanley Garden for Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH)

23 May 2016, 1:09 p.m.

The Morgan Stanley Garden for GOSH will appear at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show this week before moving to GOSH.

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Update on gene editing to treat leukaemia

6 May 2016, 6:59 p.m.

After a presentation given at a conference in the US, we can confirm that we have treated another patient with gene edited cells for their leukaemia.

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GOSH patient Maddison talks living in isolation with astronaut in space

3 May 2016, 11:34 a.m.

Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) patient Maddison received the long distance call of a lifetime this week when British astronaut Tim Peake took time out of his day on board the International Space Station to speak to her in her isolation room at GOSH.

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