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We are overjoyed to hear the news that Sheffield Children’s patient Florence is recovering well from her lung transplant and looking forward to the future her and her family have dreamt about.  Florence first came to Sheffield Children’s for...

Meet Odessa and Nat, our Youth Liaison and Engagement Coordinators! This duo works with young people aged 12 and over across Sheffield Children’s and in the community, including members of the Sheffield Children’s Youth Forum, to make sure that...

The Virtual Wards Team at Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust have won the ‘Innovation in Practice Award’ at the Children’s Cancer and Leukaemia Group (CCLG) Member Awards.   The team have been recognised for their outstanding performance, excellence, and dedication to children’s and young...

The British Medical Association (BMA) has announced that industrial action (strikes) involving resident doctors will take place between 7am on Tuesday 7 April until 7am on Monday 13 April 2026.  As always, our priority is keeping patients safe and providing emergency care....

Sheffield Children’s is proud to be part of a new international collaboration linking leading children’s hospitals across the UK and Canada to help create a healthier future for children everywhere.  The partnership launched with a visit to The Hospital...

Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust has marked one year as a specialist hub delivering life-changing commercial clinical trials for children and young people. Launched in April 2025, The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Sheffield Children’s Commercial Research Delivery Centre (CRDC), aims to transform how clinical trials...

Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust has become the first site in Europe to recruit a patient to a major international clinical trial investigating a potential new treatment for a severe form of epilepsy – Dravet syndrome.  The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Sheffield...

Meet Lauren and Fleur, two trainee healthcare scientists. They both work at Sheffield Children’s, and across at the University of Sheffield in the Julia Garnham Centre. They are both trainee healthcare scientists – and this week we’re shining a...

In its 150th anniversary year, Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is preparing to open The Spark, a new building at Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park that will be home to the world-leading National Centre for Child Health Technology.  The Spark...

In the year Sheffield Children’s celebrates its 150th anniversary, 59 colleagues celebrated incredible milestones of their own of 20, 30 and 40 years.   Together they marked an extraordinary 1,380 years of service at our Long Service Awards 2026.   Their stories span...

When Sheffield Children’s was founded 150 years ago, one of the promises our founders made was ‘to afford opportunities for the training of women in the special duties of children’s nursing’.  We’re proud of our roots, and the women who have been part...

Every Thursday, volunteer Steve takes his book trolley around the wards at Sheffield Children’s. But today is a special trip – because it’s World Book Day!   At 77, Steve brings a lifetime love of reading – and a stack of stories – to...