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NHS South Yorkshire launch partnership with mental health service Shout to offer 24/7 text support across the region

Text ‘EYUP’ to 85258 for urgent support

NHS South Yorkshire Guides Residents on Navigating the Single-Use Vape Ban While Supporting Smoke-Free Goals

From 1 June 2025, it will be illegal to sell or supply disposable (single use) vapes across England, Scotland and Wales. NHS South Yorkshire is encouraging people who are using disposable vapes to quit smoking to prepare now, by switching to a reusable device and seeking free stop smoking support from their local stop smoking service.

Helping you Stay Well this Spring Bank Holiday

NHS South Yorkshire wants to ensure that when people are unwell they get the right service at the right time so they can get the best possible treatment. We just ask that you think which service is right for me? 

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals' Brain Tumour service named centre of Excellence

The Neuro-oncology service at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has been named a centre of excellence for the care and treatment of brain tumours by the Tessa Jowell Brain Cancer Mission (TJBCM).

New NHS programme to reduce brain injury in childbirth 

Expectant mothers will receive safer maternity care as a new NHS programme to help prevent brain injury during childbirth is rolled out across the country. 

South Yorkshire Chief Medical Officer urges those eligible to get COVID-19 vaccine

NHS South Yorkshire’s Chief Medical Officer has urged those eligible for a Spring COVID-19 vaccine to come forward, as latest figures show only just under half of eligible people have received their jab.

International Nurses Day celebrates the difference nurses make to people’s lives

International Nurses Day took place on Monday 12 May to celebrate the incredible work nurses do every day in communities across the North East and Yorkshire.

Teenage and young people cancer team win Team of the Year award

A Sheffield team providing outstanding care and support to teenagers and young adult cancer patients have won a national Team of the Year accolade.

Local project boosts diabetic eye screening and tackles health inequalities

A targeted project at the Flying Scotsman GP Practice in Doncaster has helped improve access to diabetic eye screening for patients who are most at risk of avoidable sight loss.

Dying Matters Awareness Week: 5 - 11 May

Each year, people around the UK use Dying Matters Awareness Week as a moment to encourage all communities to get talking in whatever way, shape, or form works for them.

Award for Sheffield Long Covid Rehabilitation Hub

The Sheffield Long Covid Rehabilitation Hub has won Move More Clinical Service of the Year!

Next phase of Barnsley’s trailblazing Health on the High Street initiative unveiled

Work is underway on the UK’s largest relocation of hospital outpatient services as part of Barnsley’s revolutionary Health on the High Street programme which will bring more accessible and convenient health and wellbeing services to thousands of residents.