A-Z of services

The Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) department at Sheffield Children’s Hospital offers a comprehensive range of elective and emergency services. Our work includes managing routine ENT conditions either in a clinic setting or with surgery if required. In addition we provide a range of specialist services that take advantage of the expertise and facilities within...

There are lots of skills involved in communication and to be able to help young children in their communication development we need to understand: what early communication skills are. how adults can support their development. You might also find it useful to refer to the Communicating Kids pages to see what skills we might expect to...

The Early Years Team works with pre-school children and babies in the Sheffield area. We see a variety of children with and without a formal medical diagnosis, from those with a delay in their motor development to children with more complex needs such as cerebral palsy and syndromes (including Down’s syndrome). Our aim is to...

The Sheffield Eating Disorder Assessment and Treatment Team (SEDATT) team are a specialist service within our Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) who work closely with our colleagues at the Sheffield Eating Disorder Service which supports people over 16 with eating disorders. The SEDATT team assess and manage young people under 16 years of...

Eczema, also known as atopic or childhood eczema, is the most common skin condition we see. In milder cases the skin is dry, red and itchy. In more serious cases there could be weeping, crusting and splitting of the skin. At this point it can become even more itchy and uncomfortable. Approximately one in five...

Welcome to the Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) Service. We see children and adults suspected of having or diagnosed with one of the rare types of EDS from across the UK. EDS is a group of inherited disorders where skin, joints, blood vessels and hollow organs can be affected as a result of underlying defects in connective...

Our Embrace service is a highly specialist, round-the-clock transport service for critically ill infants and children in Yorkshire and the Humber who require care in another hospital in the region or further afield. About Embrace Each year our specialist teams of nurses, advanced nurse practitioners, doctors and drivers transfer more than 2,000 infants and children...

Welcome to Emerald Lodge at the Becton Centre where we have places for 9 young people aged 8-13 who are experiencing emotional and behavioural difficulties. We offer assessment, care and treatment for young people presenting with a serious mental illness who require hospital admission. Our team of psychiatrists, nurses, psychologists, therapists and teachers use a...

Our Emergency Department (ED) is also known as Accident and Emergency (A&E). We are open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. We provide emergency care for more than 65,000 children every year, up to the age of 16, with a range of illnesses and injuries. There are a limited number of parking spaces...

Our Epilepsy Service is widely recognised as one of the top services in the UK having led pioneering treatments for the VNS implant and the ketogenic diet. The Epilepsy Team evaluate and provide ongoing care for children with seizure disorders from infants through to 19 years of age. Aims We aim to provide a prompt,...

Since November 2012 the NHS has altered the way epilepsy surgery for children is provided throughout the country. Four Children’s Epilepsy Surgery Services (CESSs) have been created to offer epilepsy surgery to many more children and young people with epilepsy.  About a third of children presenting with epilepsy do not achieve good seizure control with...

As a team we have decided to try and help all out children and families remain active (and entertained) during the current difficult situation caused by Coronavirus.   We will be uploading videos each week – a Workout Of the Week (WOW) on a Monday, something a bit different on a Wednesday and a Friday...

Here in the Eye Department (also known as Ophthalmology) we see children with a wide range of eye disorders including: amblyopia strabismus refractive error hypermetropia – long sightedness myopia – short sightedness astigmatism cataract ptosis Support We have a Vision Impairment Service which helps children attain their visual potential. Carers can meet parents of other...