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We welcome the National Cancer Plan’s focus on children. Now it must deliver.

4 Feb 2026, 12:50 p.m.

Today, on World Cancer Day 2026, Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity (GOSH Charity) welcomes the publication of the Government’s new National Cancer Plan for England.

Baby in hospital room. She is looking to camera.

GOSH Charity funds treatment for ‘incurable’ leukaemia

9 Dec 2025, 7:30 a.m.

A groundbreaking new treatment using gene-edited immune cells, developed by scientists at GOSH and UCL, has shown promising results in helping children and adults fight a rare and aggressive form of blood cancer.

Teenage girl in hospital bed, holding teddy bear. She has a tube in her nose and wears a beanie.

‘I try to build memories that can be cherished’: Meet Music Therapist Katya

23 Sep 2025, 10:12 a.m.

Meet Katya, the Head of Music Therapy at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH). Katya works with a wide range of patients, from tiny babies up to 18-year-olds, which means no two days or experiences are the same.

Music therapist Katya sitting playing a guitar. She is wearing a face mask. A little boy sits next to her, playing the drums.

Driving global change in childhood cancer: GOSH Charity’s biggest research collaboration yet

19 Sep 2025, 10 a.m.

This Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, we are excited to announce that we have joined the C-Further consortium as a core partner, investing up to £10 million over four years.

nurse sits with teenage girl in hospital room

St Paul’s bells ring in memory of the 253 children lost to cancer every year

10 Sep 2025, 9:56 a.m.

September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. Yesterday the historic bells at St Paul's Cathedral rang out in memory of the 253 children lost to cancer each year in the UK.

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