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Sheffield Children’s Neuromuscular service celebrates Muscular Dystrophy UK Centre of Excellence award

Sheffield Children’s held an event to recognise the outstanding efforts of their Neuromuscular team, who recently became a Muscular Dystrophy UK Centre of Clinical Excellence with Research!

People Experience Team celebrates award win

We’re delighted to announce that our Programme Director of People Experience, Brigitte Kaviani, has won ‘Best Benefits Professional of the Year’ in the Employee Benefits Awards 2024.

Nursing Teams Shortlisted for Working Together

We are delighted to announce that NHS South Yorkshire and NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Boards have been shortlisted in the prestigious Nursing Times Awards for creating, developing and sustaining nurse and carer partnerships across South Yorkshire.

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals named as one of the best employers for commitment to LGBTQ+ equality

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals (STH) is now regarded as one of the best employers for its commitment towards LGBTQ+ equality in the workplace, according to the 2024 Stonewall Top 100 employers.

Prestigious Chief Nursing Officer Award presented to local Pastoral Support Worker

Stacey, a Pastoral Healthcare Support worker (HCSW) at Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has significantly impacted patient care and staff support, earning high praise from colleagues and Line Managers.

NHS Community Pharmacy Contraception Service

Women across South Yorkshire are now able to get the contraceptive pill free at their local pharmacy without needing to contact their GP first. 

Volunteering in the NHS roadshow

Rotherham people who are thinking of volunteering in the NHS and want to know more about the roles on offer, are being encouraged to come along to the volunteering roadshow on Thursday 11 July.

Sheffield school first to be awarded ‘asthma friendly’ status

A school in Sheffield is the first in the city to be certified ‘asthma friendly’ by the South Yorkshire Children and Young People’s Alliance.

Looking after your child's health this summer

The South Yorkshire Healthier Together website has a range of resources to help parents and carers keep children healthy this summer

Raising awareness of alcohol harm

Aspire, a service in Doncaster which supports people who are regular or heavy drinkers, is using alcohol awareness week (1 July to 7 July) to raise awareness of the harm alcohol has, on the person, their family, friends, community, and emergency services.

State-of-the-art Orthopaedic surgery service celebrates its 100th hip replacement patient

The team at the Mexborough Elective Orthopaedic Centre of Excellence (MEOC), which opened its doors in January this year, has successfully completed its 100th hip surgery.

Sheffield researchers win global Made with Patients award for dementia tool collaboration with hard-to-reach communities

A novel digital system developed by the University of Sheffield and partner organisations which uses AI and speech and language analysis to detect memory problems at an earlier stage, aiding detection of early signs of dementia, has won a global Made with Patients award from the Patient Engagement Open Forum.