Florence Nightingale disapproved of it, Charles Dickens championed it, JM Barrie gave it the rights to his play Peter Pan.
It's Great Ormond Street Hospital, which celebrates its 150th birthday this week. Libby Spurrier celebrates the hospital from its humble ten bed beginnings to a world renowned centre of paediatric excellence with the help of a host of former nurses and patients.
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