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.

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.

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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.

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New study using physio- and occupational therapy to counter effects of graft-versus-host disease

11 Jan 2013, 9:39 a.m.

A new study looking at ways to diagnose and mitigate one of the rarer side effects of cancer treatments featured on BBC Woman’s Hour.

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New centre features in BBC article on juvenile arthritis

9 Jan 2013, 5:40 p.m.

Michelle was just eight years old when she was diagnosed with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). In an interview with BBC News Online on 31 December 2012, she describes her life as a young person living with stiff and painful joints.

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Review of Compliance at Great Ormond Street Hospital

9 Jan 2013, 5:30 p.m.

The Trust welcomes the publication of the Care Quality Commission’s latest review, which shows that we are meeting all the essential standards of quality and safety.

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