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Sheffield Children’s is delighted to be a finalist in the Health Service Journal (HSJ) Environmental Sustainability Awards! In December 2020 Sheffield Children’s launched a Green Plan, with the ambition to be in the top 10 greenest NHS Providers in...

16-year-old Molly Preston-Davies is taking on a huge personal challenge today (20th August) to say thank you to Sheffield Children’s Hospital. Molly, from Derby, was referred to Sheffield Children’s in February 2018 for developmental dysplasia of the hip, which...

Meet Evan – he’s a typical teenager who loves football, food and his PlayStation! 14-year-old Evan was diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease in 2016. This is a long-term condition which causes inflammation of the digestive system – also known as...

The mum of eleven month old Edward says “he has been given a future” after receiving gene-therapy for Spinal Muscular Atrophy. Baby Edward came to Sheffield Children’s to receive the potentially life-saving drug Zolgensma, which can prevent paralysis and...

A team of researchers and clinicians from Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust and Leeds Teaching NHS Trust is developing an immersive virtual reality (VR) platform to improve the physiotherapy of children living with Duchenne muscular dystrophy...

A message for anyone aged between 13 and 16! Usually at school, between year 8 and year 11, young people receive two HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccinations, one TDP (Tetanus, Diphtheria, Pertussis) vaccination, and one vaccination for MEN-ACWY (which protects...

A new type of procedure for people with acid reflux, which doesn’t leave patients with a scar, has been carried out for the very first time in the world on paediatric patients at Sheffield Children’s. 14-year-old Millie from Surrey...

Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is looking for a new financially-qualified associate non-executive director to join the Trust’s Board of Directors, and help influence its strategic direction over the coming year. This is a new role on our Board...

The Sheffield Children’s Sleep Service has helped a Yorkshire based theatre company create an audio play for children about the wonders and benefits of sleep. Sleep Service nurse practitioners and clinical specialists worked with production company tutti frutti to...

This week saw the launch of Sheffield’s very own bear trail in support of Sheffield Children’s. The trail is organised by The Children’s Hospital Charity as part of their fundraising drive to build a new Cancer and Leukaemia ward...