Meet some of our patients

Stacey

Stacey had surgery at GOSH to correct the effects of Perthes disease, which interrupts the blood supply to the head of the femur (thigh-bone) and makes hip movement painful.

The operations were followed by physiotherapy. Spending time in hospital did not mean 11-year-old Stacey missing school entirely: GOSH has its own school, which is used by hundreds of children every year.

With a staff of 21, it welcomes all inpatients of school age and teaches youngsters on the ward if they are not well enough to come to the schoolroom. The school was praised last year by inspectors from the education watchdog OFSTED.

Meet other patients here.