Great Ormond Hospital Street for Children, Guilford Street, London WC1N 3BH
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Brief description
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Ormond_Street_Hospital
2025: "Great Ormond Street Hospital (informally GOSH, formerly the Hospital for Sick Children) is a children's hospital in the London Borough of Camden, and a part of Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust. The hospital is situated between Great Ormond Street and Guilford Street, just inside Holborn's traditional boundary with Bloomsbury.
The hospital is the largest centre for child heart surgery in Britain and one of the largest centres for heart transplantation in the world. In 1962 it developed the first heart and lung bypass machine for children. With children's book author Roald Dahl, it developed an improved shunt valve for children with hydrocephalus, and non-invasive (percutaneous) heart valve replacements. Great Ormond Street performed the first UK clinical trials of the rubella vaccine, and the first bone marrow transplant and gene therapy for severe combined immunodeficiency.[1]
The hospital is the largest centre for research and postgraduate teaching in children's health in Europe.[2]
In 1929, J. M. Barrie donated the copyright to Peter Pan to the hospital.
St Christopher's Chapel is a chapel decorated in the Byzantine style and Grade II* listed building located in the Variety Club Building of the hospital. Designed by Edward Middleton Barry (son of the architect Sir Charles Barry who designed the Houses of Parliament) and built in 1875, it is dedicated to the memory of Caroline Barry, Edward Middleton's sister-in-law. William Henry Barry, Caroline's widower, provided the £40,000 required to build the chapel and a stipend for the chaplain.[18] It was built in "elaborate Franco-Italianate style". As the chapel exists to provide pastoral care to ill children and their families, many of its details refer to childhood. The stained glass depicts the Nativity, the childhood of Christ and biblical scenes related to children. The dome depicts a pelican pecking at her breast in order to feed her young with drops of her own blood, a traditional symbol of Christ's sacrifice for humanity.[19]
When the old hospital was being demolished in the late 1980s, the chapel was moved to its present location via a "concrete raft" to prevent any damage en route. The stained glass and furniture were temporarily removed for restoration and repair. It was reopened along with the new Variety Club Building on 14 February 1994 by Diana, Princess of Wales, then president of the hospital.[20]"
Address
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children
Guilford Street
London
WC1N 3BH
https://www.gosh.nhs.uk/about-us/contact-us/
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Main switchboard telephone: 020 7405 9200
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"19 Feb 2024 — The main entrance on Great Ormond Street is now closed and the new entrance can now be found at The Morgan Stanley Clinical Building, on Guilford Street."
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"Contact the Chaplaincy and Spiritual Care team
Chaplaincy and Spiritual Care department
Level 2, Variety Club Building
Great Ormond Street Hospital
London
WC1N 3JH
Telephone: 020 7813 8232, or via Switchboard on 8232.
Alternatively, please contact GOSH.Chaplaincy@gosh.nhs.uk with your enquiry or use the contact form below and we will respond to you as soon as possible."
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