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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,...

24-week-old Sophie is on Ward 1 at Sheffield Children’s with her mum and dad, Jennie and Rob, from Rotherham. She was born with necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), a condition which effects the intestinal tract and is commonly found in babies...

Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust tonight launched a new campaign to encourage parents and carers to pass on their appointments when they can’t make it, by launching a cascade of 406 paper planes through our main entrance ceiling –...

Just a week after Jack’s fourth birthday he was diagnosed with leukaemia. Now aged six, he’s in the final stages of his three year treatment plan. He was taken to the doctor after he appeared unwell, he had developed...

To celebrate Valentine’s day, we’re sending love to patients and staff on Ward 5 at Sheffield Children’s. This unit specialises in neurological conditions, neurosurgery and conditions affecting the brain and nervous system. Just 15 days ago 13 year-old Callum was...