Great Ormond Street Hospital participates in 44th Congress of the International Society of Paediatric Oncology

The largest annual paediatric cancer meeting in the world was attended by over 2,000 children's cancer specialists. Among those representing GOSH was key speaker Professor Kathy Pritchard-Jones who also chaired the congress. Other speakers included leading oncology experts at GOSH, Dr Mark Gaze, Dr Peppy Brock, Dr Anthony Michalski, Dr Olga Slater, Dr Tanzina Chowdhury, Julie Bayliss (Head of Nursing for Infection, Cancer and Immunity) and Dr Paul Veys who is Director of Bone Marrow Transplant and Specialty Lead at GOSH.

SIOP is the largest international annual conference on paediatric oncology. It brings together doctors, scientists, nurses and parents in a holistic review of current care standards for children with Cancer. GOSH, which has a partnership with Kuwait's Ministry of Health, had a prominent role in the conference, with its executives and medical experts leading and chairing 11 educational sessions and debates, including: 'Meet the expert on paediatric stem cell transplantation' and 'Sustaining innovation and improvement in childhood cancer treatment around the world'.

"We are proud to continue to support the International Society of Paediatric Oncology and the SIOP conferences," said Professor Kathy Pritchard-Jones. "Ever since GOSH's inception, children's healthcare services, programmes, treatments and developments have always been very important. SIOP provides an important forum for us to share our knowledge and ideas with some of the professionals from across the world."
At the conference, members of the GOSH team delivered detailed presentations about the hospital's work, and the programmes and treatments available to patients and their parents.

GOSH stand reached out to both referral clinicians and visitors who were keen to learn about the hospital's services.

In Kuwait GOSH has established a successful working partnership with NBK Hospital. Senior GOSH medical staff have been providing practical support and training to NBK nurses and doctors which has increased understanding of paediatric procedures, diagnosis and care in a clinical setting. GOSH also provides cutting-edge diagnostic capability to patients in Kuwait through its Minimal Residual Disease (MRD) testing for children with leukemia at NBK hospital.