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Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust has today appointed Ruth Brown as its new Chief Executive. Ruth brings significant experience to the role and will help us drive forward our work for the benefit of children, young people and their...

Say hello to Corrinne, who’s popped into see our Research team as part of her peanut immunotherapy trial – not every patient makes our team jewellery while they’re waiting! Six year old Corrinne is well known to both the...

We have some amazing news – we’ve now moved on to the new Ward 6!    Patients, families and staff at Sheffield Children’s have now officially moved into our newly refurbished cancer and leukaemia ward (Ward 6)! Thanks to individuals,...

Sheffield Children’s has been involved in the largest study in a high-income country looking at antibiotic dosing and duration for children hospitalised with pneumonia. The results show that the number of doses given can be reduced safely, without impacting...

Christmas is still a while away but our Medical Daycare team would like to say a big ‘thank you’ to one patient who brought them an early gift!   Five-year-old Romilly brought 250 new toys to refill their treat...

Transgender Day of Remembrance is an international day held on 20 November to remember and stand in solidarity with our trans siblings whose lives have been lost due to anti-transgender hatred and violence. It was started back in 1999...

Young people who are currently the Becton Centre for children and young people with mental health issues have had the opportunity to take part in a creative arts project thanks to a collaboration between Sheffield arts companies and funding...

Where we began Sheffield Children’s is 145 years old today!  We thought we should take some time for a little journey through our history. On November 15 1876 Sheffield Children’s Hospital opened for the first time on Brook Hill,...

Meet Isabelle, climber of trees, swimmer and taekwondo athlete. Isabelle, now eight years old, has a Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia. Her mum Lyndsay found out at her 20 week scan back in 2012 that Isabelle had a hole in her...

We welcomed the CQC’s visit and their feedback on our services at this particularly challenging time for children’s mental health. We were pleased they found that colleagues were well trained, lodges were clean and COVID-safe and that patient risks...