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16 January 2025

Trust consultant wins influential research investigator award for stroke and dementia work

Dr Kirsty Harkness has won a local clinical research investigator award for her exceptional contribution to stroke research.

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14 January 2025

Late Effects team features on BBC Look North

Sheffield's pioneering Late Effects Screening Service has been praised by a patient on BBC Look North

13 January 2025

‘Increased survival rates’ for bladder cancer patients given immunotherapy drug

Survival rates for patients with operable bladder cancer are significantly improved by adding an immunotherapy drug to before and after surgery, a major clinical trial has revealed.

9 January 2025

Cancer survivor becomes first to summit major unclimbed peak despite life-altering surgery

A 68-year-old cancer survivor has become the first to conquer remote Pakistan peak alongside his 74-year-old climbing partner despite undergoing life-altering surgery that left him living with a colostomy bag.

7 January 2025

Triceps stroke trial features in the Daily Mail

The Triceps trial, which is testing whether a device which delivers electrical pulses to damaged areas of the brain via a connected earpiece can improve hand and arm function in stroke survivors, has featured in the Daily Mail.

6 January 2025

Weather update

31 December 2024

Our emergency care teams expect to be very busy this weekend. Please help us by planning ahead for any care needs

20 December 2024

Changes to Saturday phlebotomy services

Saturday phlebotomy services at Royal Hallamshire Hospital C Floor Phlebotomy Outpatients Department and the Northern General Hospital Drive Through Phlebotomy closed until further notice

20 December 2024

Artwork brightens patients' day at ambulatory care facilities

Artwork by local artist Luke Horton is now providing a colourful welcome when patients visit the ambulatory care haematology facilities at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital.

19 December 2024

Jessop Wing ranked 11th most improved maternity hospital in the country

New parents are happy with the care provided to them and their newborns at Sheffield Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust’s Jessop Wing according to the results of the national Maternity Survey 2024.

17 December 2024

Blood cancer patient thanks medics for “keeping him alive”

A Doncaster man diagnosed with an exceptionally hard-to-treat blood cancer has said he would not be alive today without the care he received from haematologists at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals

13 December 2024

New digital platform widens access to research for MND patients

A new digital platform allowing more people living with motor neuron disease to take part in clinical research has launched

11 December 2024

New walking aid recycling scheme launches at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals

A new walking aid return and reuse recycling scheme benefiting both patients and the environment and savings thousands of pounds has been launched today

8 December 2024

Active Together cancer rehabilitation programme boosts survival rates

Cancer patients who took part in a "pioneering programme" offering free exercise and nutrition advice had improved survival rates, according to a report.

28 November 2024

Health technology partnership event explores ways to expand innovation for patient benefit

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals has hosted its first ever health technology partnership event with the Shelford Group and the Association of British HealthTech Industries (ABHI)

19 November 2024

Snow update 19/11/2024

19 November 2024

Sheffield kidney patients welcome ‘miracle’ babies against the odds

Two patients with chronic kidney disease have become the first in more than a decade to successfully give birth whilst on kidney dialysis

12 November 2024

Professor David Sanders receives Outstanding Achievement Award for coeliac disease expertise

Professor David Sanders has won the Complete Nutrition (CN) Magazine Outstanding Achievement Award in recognition of his significant contribution to the nutrition industry.

6 November 2024

Sheffield cancer nursing team win national acclaim for pioneering late effects cancer service

A pioneering service helping patients manage the physical, mental and emotional consequences of cancer treatment in the months and years afterwards has won a top national nursing award.

6 November 2024

Grandfather praises ‘first-class’ care from Weston Park Cancer Centre following treatment for prostate cancer.

One year after his devasting prostate cancer diagnosis, 69-year-old grandfather recalls the ‘excellent’ care provided by hospital staff leading up to the moment he rang the end of treatment bell.

5 November 2024

Sheffield haemophilia nurse wins UK Nurse of the Year Award

Advanced nurse practitioner Cathy Harrison has won the Nursing Times Nurse of the Year Award

29 October 2024

Revolutionary trial gives hope to stroke survivors

People who had a stroke less than ten years ago are being invited to take part in a groundbreaking trial investigating if a portable, pacemaker-like device could help them regain arm strength.

23 October 2024