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.

Variations of a single gene can lead to too much or too little growth, study shows

29 May 2012, 8:57 a.m.

Press release courtesy of the Wellcome Trust: A gene previously linked to too much growth in patients has now also been linked to growth restriction. Different forms of the gene can lead to very different conditions, according to research published today

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Dr Jane Collins announces she is leaving Trust after nearly 11 years as Chief Executive

28 May 2012, 2:16 p.m.

Dr Jane Collins, Chief Executive of Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, has today announced that she is leaving the role to take up a new position as Chief Executive of Marie Curie Cancer Care, in September.

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BBC2’s Great Ormond Street – Part Three

22 May 2012, 4:24 p.m.

The third part of the series following the patients, families, and clinical teams of Great Ormond Street Hospital aired on Tuesday 22 May at 9pm on BBC2.

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RCPCH embarks on major review of child deaths

22 May 2012, 3:34 p.m.

The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health review, led by Professor Ruth Gilbert, Professor of Clinical Epidemiology at the Institute of Child Health, UCL, will be the most comprehensive of its kind.

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BBC2's Great Ormond Street - Part Two

15 May 2012, 5 p.m.

The second episode of the BBC documentary following patients, families, doctors, surgeons and nurses at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) airs tonight on BBC2.

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