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.

Cancer drugs could transform the lives of children with serious disfigurements

20 Feb 2018, 5:49 p.m.

Drugs normally used to treat cancer could reduce the disfigurements of thousands of children born with life-threatening blood vessel defects, according to research led by Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) and its academic partner, the UCL Great Ormond S

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HRH, The Duchess of Cambridge visits patients and staff at Great Ormond Street Hospital for the official opening of the Mittal Children’s Medical Centre, home to the new Premier Inn Clinical Building

17 Jan 2018, 12:58 p.m.

HRH, The Duchess of Cambridge visited patients, families and hospital staff at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) today, Wednesday 17 January. Her Royal Highness visited to officially open the hospital’s new medical centre.

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Sir Michael Rake joins Great Ormond Street Hospital as new Chairman

3 Jan 2018, 3:19 p.m.

Sir Michael Rake, formerly Chairman of the BT Group plc, has joined Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) as the new Chairman.

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Great Ormond Street Hospital appoints new Medical Director

14 Dec 2017, 6:48 p.m.

The world-renowned children’s hospital has appointed Matthew Shaw to take over the position of Medical Director at the start of the next financial year.

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Great Ormond Street Hospital celebrates Topping Out of The Zayed Centre for Research into Rare Disease in Children

11 Dec 2017, 11:27 a.m.

Great Ormond Street Hospital marked a crucial milestone in the construction of The Zayed Centre for Research into Rare Disease in Children, as a Topping Out ceremony was held to mark the moment when the building reached its highest point.

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