Specialist Children's Hospital in London, UK

Paediatrics

Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) is a globally renowned children’s hospital, championing innovation across 67 clinical specialties of which 20 are highly specialised services and providing ground-breaking treatments for the rarest and most complex conditions. Opened in 1852, it was the first hospital dedicated to children in the English-speaking world.

As a pioneer of cutting-edge and innovative medical technology, GOSH works at the forefront of the field to continuously deliver the medicine of the future. As well as world-class clinical treatment and care, we also have a commitment to delivering a nurturing and family-centered experience. “The child first and always” has been the hospital’s motto for over 100 years, and it remains as true today as it has ever been.

Our expert teams of over 300 world-leading consultants deliver 360-degree, multi-specialty care with the child at the centre. As champions of the highest calibre of paediatric care, our teams are dedicated to quality, integrity, and safety.

GOSH is an international research hospital. We are part of Europe’s largest academic centre for research and education in children’s health and disease. We are committed to achieving the best possible results by consistently measuring outcomes and value against the highest international standards. We are dedicated to sharing best practice in a transparent and empowering way with our international partners.

Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) has been ranked as the best paediatric hospital in Europe, a position held for three consecutive years, on Newsweek’s World’s Best Specialized Hospitals 2024 list and remains one of the best children’s hospitals in the world. GOSH is also recognised as having standout specialties in Cardiac Surgery, Neurosurgery and Oncology. This recognition reflects how our clinicians challenge themselves to find better, faster and kinder treatments so that children can focus on just being children.

Our International and Private Care Division treats over 5,000 children from more 90 countries each year. The service is tailored to the referral and treatment of international patients and our dedicated international team ensure a nurturing and family-centred patient experience.

Find out more

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children

International and Private Care
The Harris International Patients Centre
The Octav Botnar Wing
Great Ormond Street
London WC1N 3JH

T: +44 (0)20 7762 6822
E: privateinfo@gosh.nhs.uk

Specialist team

More than 300 world-leading consultants provide care across 67 different clinical specialties and support services. GOSH MDT (Multi-Disciplinary Teams) approach allows children with rare and complex diseases to receive the best and personalised possible care. All GOSH’s paediatric clinical specialties and sub-specialties hold regular MDT joint meetings. MDTs are usually between 20 and 30 people from different disciplines.

The MDT approach is an effective and efficient way for staff to gain a holistic view of the child and family. This approach allows for regular communication and collaboration between expert clinicians and support services, allowing children to receive the best possible care from the world leading clinicians, all under one roof.

Our world-leading expertise includes:

One of the largest heart transplant centres for children in the world and the largest paediatric cardiac programme in the UK
The leading centre in the world for gene therapy in children
One of the three largest centres for children with cancer/leukaemia in the western world and the largest in Europe
One of the two largest centres in Europe for paediatric bone marrow transplantation (BMT)
The largest epilepsy surgery centre in Europe and the largest centre for paediatric brain surgery in the UK

The leading centre in Europe for the management of conjoined twins
The largest paediatric centre for Interventional Radiology in Europe
The largest paediatric centre in the UK for intensive care
The largest paediatric centre in the UK for craniofacial reconstruction
The largest paediatric centre in the UK for renal transplantation
The largest Play team in Europe: play helps children feel happier and builds emotional resilience. We use play to help children through hospital stays and treatments.

As the global pioneer in children’s rare disease studies and treatments, GOSH has extensive experience and knowledge in the clinical treatments of rare diseases in children and developed a mature multi-disciplinary diagnosis and treatment model. At GOSH, we treat almost 300,000 children with rare & ultra-rare diseases a year and have more than 900 research projects looking into rare and complex diseases. We continually strive for answers.

What our patients are saying

Mother of patient, Qatar
“We were impressed with the speed and efficiency with which our child’s surgery was handled. Staff are kind and professional. Most importantly, the medical care is second to none. ”

Father of patient, UAE
“It feels like you are with the family, especially the staff, the families, everyone, and the environment itself…We have access to the balcony, to the family room, to the game room for the kids. They made a special ceremony, a special leaving party for us and another child  ”

Father of patient, UAE
“They have been very helpful. I’m aware it was very challenging, as she was never a standard cancer patient, she’s been special all the way, from the start to the end. We felt as though GOSH was the right place to be in. ”

Mother of patient, Serbia
“This is a great hospital with great resources, you feel very comfortable here, everything you need, you will get. If you were to ask my child, he was extremely happy with the Play team. ”