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.

Major study shows steep decline in figure for diagnosed epilepsy

5 Feb 2013, 10:09 a.m.

A collaborative study led by researchers at the UCL Institute of Child Health (ICH) shows a significant reduction in the number of children diagnosed with epilepsy in the UK.

Read more

Research experts visit the UK’s only biomedical research centre specialising in paediatrics

1 Feb 2013, 5:20 p.m.

A delegation tasked with improving the health and wealth of the nation through research has visited Great Ormond Street Hospital and the UCL Institute of Child Health.

Read more

Safe and Sustainable: review of children’s specialist heart services

28 Jan 2013, 12:43 p.m.

Safe and Sustainable is a national review of children’s specialist heart services in England. Conducted by the Joint Committee of Primary Care Trusts (JCPCT), which represents every PCT in England, the review concluded in July 2012 that Great Ormond Stree

Read more

Changes to main hospital entrance from 29 January

21 Jan 2013, 1:49 p.m.

From Tuesday 29 January, new arrangements will be in place for the hospital's main entrance, which will close as part of the scheduled redevelopment.

Read more

Three in four parents unaware of childhood poisoning risk

21 Jan 2013, 1:27 p.m.

A new survey from the Child Accident Prevention Trust (CAPT) has found that three in four parents (73%) with children under 5 mistakenly believe that child safety tops make medicines and toxic cleaning products child-proof.

Read more