What is Great Ormond Street Hospital?
'''Great Ormond Street Hospital''' (informally '''GOSH''' or '''Great Ormond Street''', formerly the '''Hospital for Sick Children''') is a children's hospital located in the [[Bloomsbury]] area of the [[London Borough of Camden]], and a part of Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children [[NHS trust|NHS Foundation Trust]]. It started in 1852.<ref>Kevin Telfer (2008). ''The remarkable story of Great Ormond Street Hospital''. Simon & Schuster. p11</ref> It is one of the largest centres for [[Heart transplant|heart transplantation]] in the world. The trust is the largest centre for research and [[Postgraduate education|postgraduate]] teaching in children's health in Europe. In April 1929 [[J. M. Barrie|J.M. Barrie]] gave the [[copyright]] to his ''[[Peter Pan]]'' works to the hospital.<ref>Tatar, Maria (ed). ''The Annotated Peter Pan''. W.W. Norton (2011)</ref> It has a very large private income - £78 million in 2023/4 but ended 2022/3 with a deficit of £10 million.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Clover2023-07-11T05:08:00|first=Ben|title=Private income boost set to cover £16.5m gap in trust’s finance plan|url=https://www.hsj.co.uk/finance-and-efficiency/private-income-boost-set-to-cover-165m-gap-in-trusts-finance-plan/7035153.article|access-date=2023-07-12|website=Health Service Journal|language=en}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:University hospitals in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Buildings and structures in the London Borough of Camden]]