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‘They make it so special’: Christmas at GOSH

20 Nov 2024, 10:30 a.m.

For 10-year-old Rowan, Christmases in hospital have meant lunch in the Lagoon, opening presents on the ward and even once spotting Santa in the London night sky.

Rowan’s mum, Jo, shares their story.

Destiny-Rae smiling and holding up her painting of a stocking

Destiny-Rae's first dialysis-free Christmas

13 Nov 2024, 2:54 p.m.

Six-year-old Destiny-Rae has been a Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) patient all her life. Until now, she's spent the lead-up to every Christmas in the hospital – a time of year when it has twinkling lights, parties and Santa visits.

Young girl standing in front of lit-up wall

Celebrating the Zayed Centre for Research’s fifth birthday

4 Nov 2024, 2:18 p.m.

October marked the fifth anniversary of Great Ormond Street Hospital’s (GOSH) Zayed Centre for Research into Rare Disease in Children (ZCR). To celebrate, we look back at just some of the centre’s key achievements over the last year.

GOSH Charity gives £2.4m to pioneering clinical trial for children with aggressive blood cancer

14 Oct 2024, 11:20 a.m.

In line with our new cancer research strategy, we’re funding a pioneering phase I clinical trial for children with T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.

A man and woman hold and smile at their baby boy

Running Race for the Kids in memory of Mateo

7 Oct 2024, 10:18 a.m.

This October, Monica, Alberto and three of their sons will be travelling from Vienna to London’s Hyde Park to take part in RBC Race for the Kids.

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