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170 years of Great Ormond Street Hospital

14 Feb 2022, 3:13 p.m.

This year we celebrate GOSH's 170th birthday, marking almost two centuries of transforming the lives of seriously ill children. Here we chat to Ant (pictured above with daughter Amelia), one of those children now grown up.

GOSH celebrates second anniversary of Zayed Centre

4 Jan 2022, 2 a.m.

Baby Rhys sits next to his parents on a sofa on his birthday

UK’s first gene therapy baby celebrates 21st birthday

1 Oct 2021, 3:22 p.m.

The first child to be treated in the UK with gene therapy celebrates his 21st birthday this week, twenty years after having the pioneering treatment at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children (GOSH).

Dr Claire Booth presents to His Highness Mohamed Bin Zayed in lab

Zayed Centre for Research welcomes VIP visitors

17 Sep 2021, 4 p.m.

The Zayed Centre for Research into Rare Disease in Children today welcomed a group of visitors including His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, the Secretary of State for Health Sajid Javid MP and the Secretary o…

Sports heroes surprise GOSH patients ahead of fun run

16 Sep 2021, 1 p.m.

With just one month to go until RBC Race for the Kids, three children treated at GOSH received a special surprise from two sports heroes!