All news on the topic: Great Ormond Street Hospital

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'Eye scans can detect Parkinson's disease seven years before symptoms appear'
Dr Miriam Stoppard explains the science behind the largest study on retinal imaging in Parkinson’s disease - and why it could be beneficial to patients going forward
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Dad warned he has two hours to live after dealing with stress of son's diagnosis
The stress of discovering his son had a brain tumour almost killed Brad Jones. Now he’s hoping to support other parents dealing with the trauma of having a sick child, he tells Christine Smith
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'GOSH shone a light through the darkness of my baby's cancer'
September is Childhood Cancer Month. Emma Eyre tells Eimear O’Hagan how the experts at Great Ormond Street Hospital gave her hope when her daughter developed a rare, aggressive tumour
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Girl, 9, will never eat or drink and has to be on drip for up to 22 hours a day
Olivia, nine, cannot eat or drink and has never attended school as she fights a rare and painful condition that leaves her on an IV drip for up to 22 hours a day
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Parents in race to raise £300k to keep cancer hit toddler's 'smile' alive
‌Robin Samuel was diagnosed with neuroblastoma - a cancer that mostly affects babies and young children - when he was one. His family hope to get 'next generation treatment' for him
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Toddler hours from death kept alive by revolutionary heart transplant box
The then 18-month-old girl was first to use the device on board a children's air ambulance after she suffered heart failure and was flown almost 180 miles to save her life
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Archie Battersbee's mum issues plea to MPs after heartbreaking death of son, 12
Hollie Dance and Archie's father Paul Battersbee fought a desperate legal fight to save their son after the High Court ruled ending life support was in his best interests
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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
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Mum's warning after daughter, 3, rushed to hospital after swallowing toy battery
Stoke-on-Trent mum Chantelle Bortlam, 20, rushed her daughter Lexi Mai to hospital after realising the tot had swallowed a button battery from her toy wand
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A&E and cancer staff join 48hr nurse super strike affecting even more hospitals
Hospitals across England will face unprecedented disruption as the Royal College of Nursing announced the strikes will take place in a fortnight - possibly to coincide with action by junior doctors
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'I'm terrified my child will die in sleep because condition stops her breathing'
As a parent, the loss of a child is an unimaginable pain, but the Bowyer family live on edge every day as six-year-old Sadie has a condition where she can simply forget to breathe
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Abbey Clancy says she has 'phobia' of hospitals after daughter's 'health issue'
Abbey Clancy has opened up about feeling anxious over her four children after going through a 'traumatic' experience with her and husband Peter Crouch's eldest daughter when she was a baby
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Boy suffers horrific eczema for 10 years before mum finds cure on doorstep
Jack Ayles' eczema was so bad strangers would comment on it in the supermarket, with mum Stacey exhausting all options until she eventually found a cure just next door
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Baby with ultra rare condition risks dying every time he falls asleep
We hear from Stephanie whose life turned upside down when she had her baby Casper, who has a ultra-rare condition meaning his little body forgets to breath, so he's kept alive by a ventilator
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Top doctor is suspended from NHS job for six months for using wife's travel pass
Dr James Kayan IP has been given a six-month suspension from his role at Great Ormond Street Hospital after he was discovered to have been using his wife's free travel pass
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'Chickenpox vaccine plan is overwhelmingly supported by parents for their kids'
It's good news that parents still have faith in vaccinations and support a new jab so their children can avoid the illness, says Miriam Stoppard
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Woman tormented by body dysmorphia killed herself thinking she was 'a monster'
Charlotte Comer, from Worcestershire, struggled with her appearance since childhood and racked up debts buying clothes she knew she would never wear due to her illness
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Family's horror as doctors joke about 'Grim Reaper' outside their ill son's room
The family of Raffy Holiday, 3, were horrified when they overheard doctors and nurses joking about the Grim Reaper outside the hospital room of their ill little boy
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More than 10,000 extra ambulance workers vote to strike in huge escalation
Unison today accused the government of 'being on another planet' as the row over pay and safety deepens - with four ambulance services as well as staff at NHS Blood and Transplant and Great Ormond Street Hospital voting to strike after being re-balloted
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Little boy died suddenly before 2nd birthday - and nobody can tell his mum why
There are more unexplained childhood deaths in one to nine year olds than those caused by tragic accidents, fires or drowning. Eimear O'Hagan meets the families calling for answers
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BBC Breakfast's Naga Munchetty supported after emotional video from hospital
Alyssa – a cancer survivor – met Naga Munchetty after receiving life-changing treatment for leukaemia in the video and spent the day playing with therapy dogs
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'How lab-grown 'mini eyes' could finally help those with sight and hearing loss'
Dr Miriam Stoppard on the amazing development of reprogramming cells to recreate retinas with the same DNA as patients, in an ambitious bid to study individual light-sensitive cells to see how blindness develops
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Dad 'knew something was wrong' as he tucked daughter in and she died hours later
It is believed Isla, 6, may have gone into cardiac arrest or suffered a seizure after dad David tucked her into bed in their Manchester home but noticed she "wouldn't settle down"
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