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Super Saturdays are becoming a regular feature in Sheffield Children’s events calendar. We held two in different locations across the city in June this year and have another one planned for September. Super Saturday events help children and young...

An immersive virtual reality (VR) game that transforms painful rehabilitation into an enjoyable and effective experience for children has won Best Health Game at the prestigious Games for Change awards. Sheffield Hallam University’s ImpactVR team collected the award in...

How many animals do you think you could make out of a paper plate? Our brilliant Play team have made an incredible variety today to celebrate national Play Day, and children and young people visiting us have been decorating...

South Asian Heritage Month (SAHM) runs from 17 July – 18 August and seeks to commemorate, mark and celebrate South Asian cultures, histories, and communities. The month seeks to understand the diverse heritage and cultures that continue to link the...

“If your passion is science and patients, then there’s no better place to be.”   Meet Jess, Clinical Scientist at Sheffield Children’s!   As a Clinical Scientist, Jess works in our Whole Genome Sequencing team, focused on finding diagnoses...

Last weekend Sheffield Children’s, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals and the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR ) held the first ever Shaping the Future event, celebrating the past, present and future of health research...

Meet Sarah, Clinical Scientist at Sheffield Children’s! As a Clinical Scientist, Sarah uses genomics to help diagnose people with cancer and match them to the treatment most likely to work for them (known as personalised medicine). Whilst studying for...

In 2015, when she was 14 years old, Ebony had to have a brain tumour removed and spent a few weeks being cared for on our Ward 5. Eight years later, Ebony (sorry, Elsa!) returned to Sheffield Children’s to...

Consultant members of the British Medical Association (BMA) will take strike action from 7am Thursday 20 July through to 7am on Saturday 22 July. We know this may be causing our patients and families to worry about planned appointments...

Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to have won two Clinical Research Network (CRN) Yorkshire and Humber 2023 Research Awards!  This win recognises the Emergency Department Research Team and the 0-19 Research Network, which Sheffield Children’s is a part...

At first glance, Claire Biercamp might seem like any of our fabulous Consultant Paediatric Anaesthetists here at Sheffield Children’s. She arrives each morning at 7.30 to inspect her list of patients, attends a daily briefing at 8.30 and spends...

We’re delighted to announce that Eleanor Tidswell, Renal Specialist Paediatric Dietitian, has won a Dame Barbara Clayton Award 2023 – an award which recognises where dietetic services have demonstrated innovative and new ways of working.  Eleanor has designed bespoke activity placemats for...