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 Language Group aims to: Help your child understand instructions with one or two key words. For example, ‘Where’s the dog?’ ‘Give the cake to dolly’ Help your child to use single words. We cover different topics. For example, food, transport and animals Introduce visuals like signing and communication mats How to use the...

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The Early Language Group Plus aims to: Help your child understand instructions with two or three key words. For example, ‘put the car on the bridge’ ‘give the apple to the big dog’ Help your child put two words together and use verbs (action words) and describing words like ‘big’ ‘little’ ‘wet’ and ‘dry’ Introduce...

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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...

Returning to school Back to school video explanation with Makaton Morning routine video explanation with Makaton  

Local Services Sheffield Eating Disorder Assessment Treatment Team (SEDATT) A specialist service within CAMHS for eating disorders. Referral by GP, qualified social worker, educational psychologists, paediatricians and MAST panel meetings.  Sheffield Children’s Speech and Language Therapy  A specialist service to help children who have eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties. Referral by GPs, Health visitors, school...

The Speech and Language Therapy Feeding Team at Sheffield Children’s offers a service to help children who have eating, drinking, and swallowing difficulties. Our speech and language therapists who specialise in supporting children and families with eating, drinking, and swallowing difficulties are based in the early years, mainstream schools, and specialist schools speech and language...

The Sheffield Children’s 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...

We are moving to an electronic referral form for eating, drinking and swallowing community referrals. In order to support referrers with this transition we will continue to accept paper referrals up to Friday 28th February 2025. From Monday 3rd March 2025 we will only accept electronic referrals and any paper referrals will be returned back...

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...

Local Services Autism and Social Communication Team – A Local Authority specialist support service for children and young people experiencing challenges relating to social communication difficulties or autism. They offer direct work with children and provide advice and support to parents and professionals.  Sheffield Support Grid A locally-developed guidance document for school staff and other...

Welcome to our Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Service where we diagnose children and adults with suspected complex EDS throughout the country. Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (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 tissue. Several major types are identified including classical,...

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...

Poor mental health, low self-esteem and bullying can negatively impact on young people’s health and educational attainment. A negative body image, poor diet, substance misuse and relationship difficulties are major risk factors for ill-health. Our service wants every child and young person to have access to early help in supporting their emotional wellbeing and mental...

Emotional Resilience Workshop These workshop videos will take you on a journey of how you and your child can develop an understanding of how to manage emotions. They are designed for parents and carers of children and young people either with a diagnosis of autism, or who are awaiting an autism assessment. The aim of...

Thoughts and feelings make up a lot of a daily lives. Children and young people are developing their understanding of thoughts and feelings and this can be challenging. We have collected a set of resources to help families with emotional well being, ranging from finding ways to describe different feelings to managing ‘melt-downs’ when they...

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...