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Sheffield Children’s has a Super Saturday

Sheffield Children’s has a Super Saturday

20 July 2022

On Saturday 16 July it was Super Saturday at Sheffield Children’s! Our 0-19 Team were out at Meadowhall and Firth Park, giving lots of families advice about starting school, keeping teeth healthy, speech and language development, toilet training, managing...

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Congratulations to our International Nurses’ Day DAISY Award winner for 2022

Congratulations to our International Nurses’ Day DAISY Award winner for 2022

24 June 2022

Congratulations to Bee O’Shea, Paediatric Nurse Manager at our Clinical Research Facility, who was our International Nurses’ Day DAISY Award winner for 2022!   Bee has been part of the Sheffield Children’s team for almost 10 years, first working...

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Conference makes Sheffield the child’s knee capital

Conference makes Sheffield the child’s knee capital

20 June 2022

National and international experts in the field of child and adolescent orthopaedics gathered in Sheffield recently for the second International Kids Knee Conference. Over two days some of the world’s most experienced surgeons came together at Sheffield City Hall...

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Congratulations to our latest DAISY Award winner, Jenny Edgerton

Congratulations to our latest DAISY Award winner, Jenny Edgerton

13 June 2022

A huge congratulations to Jenny Edgerton, Rheumatology Clinical Nurse Specialist, who is our latest DAISY Award winner!   Jenny has been a nurse for 19 years, having worked at Sheffield Children’s for 17 of those! She previously worked on...

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Three sisters take part in eczema research at Sheffield Children’s

Three sisters take part in eczema research at Sheffield Children’s

20 May 2022

Sisters Ammarah, Summayah and Ayaana are regular visitors to the Clinical Research Facility at Sheffield Children’s – because all three are taking part in a clinical study! Ammarah, the youngest sister at seven years old, has severe atopic dermatitis...

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Joey’s story: “Sheffield Children’s has saved his life”

Joey’s story: “Sheffield Children’s has saved his life”

04 May 2022

This is Joey – he was one of the winners in our competition to name a Sheffield Children’s robodog! Twelve-year-old Joey loves football, computer games and watching the Sheffield Steelers ice hockey team play. He chose to name Ward...

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Sheffield Children’s Professor hosts global technology community for second year in a row

Sheffield Children’s Professor hosts global technology community for second year in a row

04 May 2022

The UK’s Child Health Technology Conference will bring together global healthcare professionals, industry, engineers, computer scientists, designers, academics and patient representatives around one of the most exciting and fast-moving fields in healthcare today – all with the aim of...

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New Julia Garnham Centre helps Sheffield Children’s geneticists speed up cancer diagnosis

New Julia Garnham Centre helps Sheffield Children’s geneticists speed up cancer diagnosis

22 April 2022

The University of Sheffield and Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust have officially opened the Julia Garnham Centre, a new genomic pre-screening facility, which helps NHS geneticists to diagnose blood cancers.  Based in the University of Sheffield’s Firth Court, the...

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Adam’s story: Overcoming his fear of needles at the sensory vaccination clinic

Adam’s story: Overcoming his fear of needles at the sensory vaccination clinic

13 April 2022

15-year-old Adam has overcome his fear of needles and had two important vaccinations at a new sensory clinic run by Sheffield Children’s school nurses. Adam and his mum, Maria, were just planning to go to the relaxed session at...

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Therapy dog Keegan visits Radiology

Therapy dog Keegan visits Radiology

06 April 2022

Some children find hospitals a little scary, especially when they see a big machine like our MRI or CT Scanner.   To support one particular patient who’ll be visiting Sheffield Children’s soon, our team brought in a furry little...

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Professor Sally Shearer OBE
Director of Nursing announced as panellist on Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel

Sally Shearer has been appointed as a panellist on the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel. She will serve from 1 July 2022 to 14 November 2025. Sally...

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Celebrating Pride at Sheffield Children’s

A message from Sheffield Children’s LGBTQ+ Equality Network Around the world, June is recognised as LGBTQ+ Pride Month to commemorate a tipping point in...

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