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Rachel Dawson is a dramatherapist for Sheffield Children’s who works at the Becton Centre for Children and Young People, where we support children and young adults up to 18 with mental health issues and learning disabilities. Here, she explains...

Sheffield Children’s is opening applications for a vital role at the Trust – seven new governors are needed to represent the public and influence how the Trust makes plans to improve and develop services. Members of the public, age...

A former patient at Sheffield Children’s dysfluency service has said that acceptance is the key to confidence with a stammer. Dr Dmitriy Starostin, a junior doctor and former patient at Sheffield Children’s, first came to the Sheffield Children’s dysfluency...

Jack was a patient on Sheffield Children’s neurosciences ward after he suffered severe bleeding on the brain at seven weeks old. He was treated for four weeks, after being resuscitated and rushed to our Emergency Department. Now, he’s six...

Lucy Mountain, 17, is not letting long hospital stays stop her from pursuing a career she loves. Lucy has cystic fibrosis (CF) and goes to Sheffield Children’s Hospital for two weeks at a time, every ten weeks, for intensive...

Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is looking for a skilled and energetic non-executive director to join the Trust’s Board of Directors. Non-executive directors play a crucial role on any Board by bringing an independent perspective to the boardroom. They...

Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust has been recognised by Muscular Dystrophy UK for providing outstanding care for people with muscle-wasting conditions. Sheffield Children’s was awarded Centre of Clinical Excellence status by the charity, alongside 16 other centres across the...

Five-year-old Kieran never tires of asking questions, within two minutes of being seen at his appointment on Medical Daycare, he’d asked his nurse what every single piece of equipment was called and what it does. Kieran now knows a...

Lilly Espin was born three weeks early, with jaundice and suffering from an extremely bloated stomach. Dad said: “Lilly was dormant, she didn’t really react to anything. The night she was born – her stomach was so swollen they...

A “one in a million” nurse who has “inspired children to become nurses” won the Children’s Star award at the Star Awards 2019 ceremony. Laura Butler, from Neurosurgery, and The Sleep Service Team won the individual and team awards,...