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.

Coming to the hospital during the Olympics?

31 Jul 2012, 5:30 p.m.

We are pleased that services at Great Ormond Street Hospital are operating normally and have not been affected by the Olympic Games. Please check out the travel and information section on our website for information about travelling to the hospital during

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Incredible honour for Great Ormond Street Hospital at London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony

28 Jul 2012, 5:25 p.m.

Some patients and hospital staff from Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) were lucky enough to be involved in the London 2012 Opening Ceremony.

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First child to receive stem-cell trachea transplant doing well after two years

25 Jul 2012, 2:45 p.m.

The first child stem cell-supported trachea transplant is functioning well two years on, according to a paper published in the Lancet.

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Access to clinical trials drives dramatic increases in survival from childhood cancer

18 Jul 2012, 10:48 a.m.

More children are surviving cancer in Britain than ever before, according to new research published in the cancer journal Annals of Oncology.

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Safe and Sustainable Review into Children’s Cardiac Services

4 Jul 2012, 7:04 p.m.

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust welcomes the decision by the Safe and Sustainable Joint Committee of Primary Care Trusts (JCPCT) to concentrate children’s cardiac surgery in fewer, larger centres and is delighted that the ho

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