Emergency Department

The Emergency Department at Sheffield Children's Hospital is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. We see over 46,000 children a year with a range of illness and injuries. Our doctors and nurses specialise in the resuscitation and treatment of seriously injured or ill children, but we can also treat less critically ill children.

We have six consultants in emergency medicine who lead a team of doctors within the emergency department. The nurses within the department are all trained in looking after children and are led by our nurse manager.  We also have emergency nurse practitioners who are trained to treat children with minor injuries.

On arriving at the emergency department, children are booked in by our reception staff. Children are then evaluated by our triage nurse, who will check the child's condition and decide on the urgency of their condition. The children are then assessed by doctors or emergency nurse practitioner in order of medical priority.

Most children are discharged home after assessment in the emergency department. Sometimes we need to admit children to a ward for ongoing treatment and sometimes we arrange clinic appointments, such as fracture clinic.