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The communications team at Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust have won a national award for the Take My Place campaign. The campaign, seen by more than 100,000 people across the region, featured a colourful array of paper planes to...

Meet Tommy. He’s three (nearly four!) and is the one with the big chocolate ice cream! As his mum Jessica puts it: “He’s an absolute delight, he’s caring and lots of fun. Tommy has a younger brother, Eli, who...

Sheffield Children’s is delighted to announce the appointment of Ruth Brown as its new Deputy Chief Executive, completing the Trust’s new executive team. Ruth has been Executive Director of Strategy and Operations at the Trust since 2017 and will...

Families are being asked to avoid A&E unless it is a real emergency, following Sheffield Children’s busiest ever day. The Sheffield Children’s Emergency Dept saw 263 children yesterday (Monday), a record number of patients. This follows a very busy...

A pioneering paediatric consultant is diagnosing digestive issues in children across the UK by using a small pill-sized camera and magnets. Professor Mike Thomson, consultant paediatric gastroenterologist at Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust has been using the technique of...

The young people and staff at our Becton Centre had a visit from the wonderful former England Netball captain Ama Agbeze MBE! Young people staying at our inpatient lodges at Becton gathered in the sports hall to hear about...

This is Jess. In 2018 Jess was an inpatient at our Becton Centre for Children and Young People. The centre treats children and young people with a range of difficulties that are seriously impacting on their mental health and...

On a Saturday evening in August this year, 15 year old Emily arrived at Sheffield Children’s Emergency Department with her jaw split into two after a horse riding accident. Emily arrived at the hospital with just 1 centimetre of...

Experienced children’s nurse and Director of Nursing at Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust Sally Shearer has been invited to join Sheffield Hallam University as a Visiting Professor. Sally has worked in the NHS for 39 years. She previously managed...

One of the largest ever hospital major incident exercises was run at Sheffield Children’s on Saturday (7 September). Code-named ‘Exercise Theo’, the exercise was the largest known emergency exercise in the UK focused on children. Exercise Theo took place...

An innovative use of wristbands is preventing patients at Sheffield Children’s from being misdiagnosed once they leave the hospital. What are Eyebands? Eye drops are frequently used to dilate the pupils of inpatients and outpatients at eye clinics in...

Children in Sheffield are receiving free vision screening tests in the first year of school which could spot a condition and treat it before permanent damage is done. Orthoptists at Sheffield Children’s provide the free screening tests for children...