The Latest Breaking News from Great Ormond Street Hospital

World first epilepsy device fitted in boy's skull at Great Ormond Street Hospital

World-first device sends electrical signals deep into the brain to reduce seizures

Evening Standard · Jun 24, 2024

Keto diet could help treat childhood epilepsy, study finds

Researchers say treatment could be used as alternative to epilepsy drugs

Evening Standard · Apr 3, 2024

Michelle Obama is 60 today

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The Guardian - UK · Jan 17, 2024

Great Ormond Street staff told ‘there is over 150 ways to express gender’

Staff at Great Ormond Street Hospital were told that there is over 150 ways to express gender during a talk by a trans campaign group, according to reports.

Evening Standard · Aug 26, 2023

Face of an NHS in crisis: Girl, 14, could be left unable to walk after brain surgery cancelled three times

Exclusive: At least 340 life-saving children’s operations were shelved from April to December 2022, writes Rebecca Thomas

The Independent UK · Jul 15, 2023

London at risk of measles outbreak, health chiefs warn

Parents are being urged to check their children are up to date with their MMR vaccines.

The Independent UK · Jul 14, 2023

'Inspirational little boy' dies aged 16 months after devastating rare diagnosis

Andrew Foster and his partner Catherine Alport are raising money for three good causes in memory of their son Rycroft, who suffered from Shwachman Diamond Syndrome (SDS), a rare genetic condition, and died last month

Daily Mirror · Jul 13, 2023

Toddler, 3, died after catching disease 70 per cent of children contract as devastated parents warn others

Raffy Holliday passed away at Great Ormond Street Hospital

Manchester Evening News · May 29, 2023

Conjoined twins now like 'typical sisters' as they thrive since being separated

Conjoined twins Annie and Issie Bateson, from Northern Ireland, are thriving and behaving like "typical sisters" since going through an arduous operation to be separated last year

Daily Mirror · May 15, 2023

Plunge in clinical drug trials makes Britain an urgent case for treatment

With visions of the UK as a ‘life sciences superpower’ at risk, we report from Great Ormond Street hospital on what’s being done to give children access to new drugs

The Guardian - UK · May 13, 2023