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.

Ali Mohammed appointed as Interim HR Director

30 Nov 2012, 11:01 a.m.

Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has appointed Ali Mohammed as Interim HR Director of the Trust. This is a new executive position reporting to the Chief Executive.

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Me, My Dad and His Kidney wins BAFTA

27 Nov 2012, 8:31 a.m.

A documentary that followed nine-year-old Raphael Havard as he prepared for, and underwent, a kidney transplant at Great Ormond Street Hospital has won a BAFTA.

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EU awards grant to develop new drug for Duchenne muscular dystrophy

26 Nov 2012, 12:39 p.m.

A team of scientists led by Professor Francesco Muntoni of the UCL Institute of Child Health has won an EU grant to develop and test a novel drug treatment for boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD).

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New research centre for teenagers with arthritis

26 Nov 2012, 10:24 a.m.

The world’s first research centre dedicated to understanding how and why arthritis affects teenagers has opened in the UK.

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£10 million boost for Centre for Children’s Rare Disease Research

23 Nov 2012, 1:42 p.m.

A centre bringing together the country’s leading clinicians and researchers to find effective treatments for children’s rare diseases has received a £10 million funding boost

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