Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London
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This hospital is part of Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
General hospital information
- Number of beds: 330
- % of single rooms: 69%
- Total parking spaces: 0
- Average parking fee per hour: £0.00
Address & description
Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) is located in central London - near to Russell Square and Holborn Underground stations. GOSH was the first hospital in the UK dedicated to children and, since it opened in 1852, has grown to have around 380 beds on more than 30 wards. GOSH has over 200,000 patient visits each year. GOSH has over 3,000 members of staff including approximately 350 Consultants.
GOSH is a national centre of excellence in the provision of specialist children's healthcare. We currently deliver the widest range of specialities of any children's hospital in the UK. GOSH has the largest paediatric intensive care provision in England and has been commissioned by the National Commissioning Group (NCG) for more than 15 specialist services.
In addition to the specialist work done at the main, Great Ormond Street, site, GOSH also provides Children's Community Services in Haringey and general paediatric services at the North Middlesex University Hospital.
Our mission is to provide world-class clinical care and training, pioneering new research and treatments, in partnership with others for the benefit of children in the UK and worldwide. As part of efforts to achieve this, GOSH has joined with 3 other NHS Trusts and UCL to form UCL Partners (UCLP) - one of the first Academic Health Science Partnerships in the UK, and the largest in Europe. GOSH has got the biggest research facility for any paediatric Trust in the UK.
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Accident & Emergency services at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children
cardiac services (heart attack) |
National average | |
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| Patients having thrombolytic treatment within 30 minutes of arriving at hospital |
N/A
 The National Service Framework (NSF) for coronary heart disease (CHD) states that 75% of eligible heart attack patients in England should receive thrombolytic drugs within 30 minutes of arriving at hospital. Read more about this indicator.
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75% |
| Patients having thrombolytic treatment within 60 minutes of calling for help |
N/A
This standard reflects the combined performance of the ambulance service, general practitioners (GPs) and hospitals and is the most relevant overall indicator of care of heart attack patients. It encourages collaborative working across all relevant NHS organisations, particularly between ambulance services and hospitals to reduce delays to thrombolytic treatment. The call for professional help will usually be direct to the ambulance service but may be to a GP or NHS Direct. The Department of Health has set NHS organisations in England the target of 68% of patients receiving thrombolytic treatment within 60 minutes of calling for professional help. Read more about this indicator
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68% |
| Primary angioplasty within 90 minutes of arrival at interventional centre door |
N/A
An interim good practice standard of 90 minutes from arrival at an interventional hospital to the time when the blocked artery is reopened (door to balloon time) has been established for provision of primary angioplasty, based on international guidelines.
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90% |
| Patients discharged from hospital on secondary prevention medication | ||
| Asprin | N/A | 99% |
| Beta blocker | N/A | 96% |
| Statins | N/A | 97% |
| ACE inhibitor | N/A | 94% |
| Clopidogrel | N/A | 95% |