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Premature baby 'killed by nurse errors and equipment shortages'

30.10.09

Premature baby died after blunders by nurses and equipment shortages at Great Ormond Street Hospital, an inquest heard... more

Championing the cause of sick babies

26.08.09

Just one encounter with a sick little boy convinced Tamara Ecclestone, daughter of the F1 billionaire, to become a champion for Great Ormond Street Hospital... more

New cancer treatment to save children's sight

19.08.09

Children with eye cancer are being offered a new treatment that could save their sight... more

'Sickest child' may have to cancel holiday

14.08.09

A little boy who fought back from being the "sickest a child could possibly be" may have to cancel his first family holiday since recovering due to the swine flu outbreak... more

Arsenal help to raise Ł500,000 for hospital

06.08.09

Arsenal stars Theo Walcott, Cesc Fabregas and Robin van Persie are behind a new half-million-pound campaign for Great Ormond Street Hospital... more

Former head of Baby P clinic had warned of staffing crisis

14.05.09

A senior doctor told how he had repeatedly warned about failings at the child protection clinic which missed the injuries that killed Baby P... more

Countdown to Baby P tragedy

12.05.09

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Further lessons from the Baby P case

12.05.09

The catalogue of public service failures which led to the death of Haringey toddler Baby P is not over yet... more

Ormond Street goes green with Ł320million extension

25.03.09

This is the new Ł321 million eco-extension to Great Ormond Street Hospital... more

Kate Moss sells a kiss, and Jamie pays the price

19.03.09

Kate Moss and Jamie Hince were like a pair of teenagers as they snogged at a charity auction.... more

Man wins Ł400,000 flat with Ł50 ticket in raffle

09.03.09

A man who has been helping support his parents in a council flat has won a Ł400,000 London apartment in a Ł50-a-ticket property raffle... more

Ormond St overdose baby dies

03.02.09

A baby left severely brain damaged after receiving a massive overdose of glucose has died... more

Ł100,000 appeal to save boy with rare illness

23.01.09

The parents of a seven-year-old boy diagnosed with a brain tumour are trying to raise Ł100,000 to take him to the US for a new treatment ... more

Mother of heart defect girl runs best Facebook charity

15.01.09

A Facebook fundraising campaign for Great Ormond Street Hospital has been praised as one of the best online charity groups... more

Gambling on the house market

12.01.09

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The giant raffle that isn’t proving a big draw so far

12.12.08

Raise your hat to Rafik Patel. The 27-year-old former City trader has created a buzz around the sale of 11 flats being built just off the Commercial Road by his family firm, MIA Developments... more

Surgeons operate to separate Siamese twins after emergency

02.12.08

Conjoined twins Faith and Hope Williams underwent emergency separation surgery at Great Ormond Street hospital ... more

Kelly Brook lights up Bond Street Christmas lights

21.11.08

Thousands of shoppers packed into London to watch actress Kelly Brook switch on the Bond Street Christmas lights.... more

Dan Snow in bone marrow plea after visit to child ward

14.11.08

Historian Dan Snow revealed how a visit to Great Ormond Street Hospital inspired him to become a bone marrow donor... more

Buy an MP4 player and win Ł8m of London flats

12.11.08

An Ł8million block of London flats went up for grabs in Britain's biggest free prize draw which is set to raise Ł600,000 for Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity... more

Ł45 hospital parking charge deters heart patient from therapy

05.11.08

Patients are cancelling vital appointments because of "exorbitant" hospital parking charges... more

Ł1m bill for Ormond St blaze

06.10.08

London's Great Ormond Street Hospital faces a £1million repair bill for last week's fire and blast damage, the Standard can reveal... more

Children flee Ormond St blast

29.09.08

Scores of critically ill children were evacuated from Great Ormond Street Hospital after a fire and explosion rocked its cardiac wing... more

Children hospital's plea to recycle old phones

22.09.08

The Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity is calling on Londoners to recycle mobile phones and printer cartridges to help raise £25,000 by the end of the year... more

Vibrant bid to raise funds for Gt Ormond Street

21.08.08

A London artist is auctioning her latest work for charity at the opening of a solo exhibition at the Eaton Terrace Gallery... more

Patients must be known by number not name, medics told

13.08.08

Staff at two major hospitals have been ordered to refer to patients by a number instead of their name in a bid to keep personal data secret... more

Health giants join forces in research powerhouse

07.08.08

London's most renowned health experts are to unite to create the biggest medical research centre in Europe, it was announced... more

Transplant survivor starts 200-mile ride for Great Ormond St

11.07.08

A teenage boy who had a double lung transplant last year is cycling to Paris to raise money for the hospital that saved his life... more

10,000 to see Narnia premiere

20.05.08

Disney's fantasy movie Prince Caspian - the sequel to The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe - will be screened before an audience of 10,000 at the O2 arena. Watch an exclusive clip here... more