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Premier Inn & Restaurants: Make a difference to a child

4 Mar 2022, 12:38 p.m.

Four children a day are diagnosed with cancer; it’s still the biggest killer for children aged 5-14.

When children are diagnosed with cancer, it’s often the start of the most difficult journey these children and their families must face. It jeopardis…

Patient Grace in a hospital bed holding a drawing book and smiling to camera

Rare Disease Day 2022

28 Feb 2022, 1:41 p.m.

Today, Monday 28 February, we're joining organisations from all over the world in celebrating Rare Disease Day. It’s an occasion to raise awareness and inspire change for those living with rare diseases.

Gloved hands holding test tubes, carrying out experiment in research lab.

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.

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).

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