The Sheffield Children's Hospital is a healthcare facility for children in Broomhill, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. It is managed by the Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust.
| Sheffield Children's Hospital | |
|---|---|
| Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust | |
 Sheffield Children's Hospital from the east | |
  Shown in South Yorkshire | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Western Bank, Broomhill, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England |
| Coordinates | 53°22′51″N 1°29′24″W / 53.3807°N 1.49°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | NHS |
| Type | Specialist, Children's hospital |
| Affiliated university | Sheffield Medical School (University of Sheffield) & Faculty of Health and Wellbeing at Sheffield Hallam University |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Peadiatric Major Trauma Centre |
| History | |
| Opened | 1876 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Lists | Hospitals in England |
History
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The hospital first opened on 15 November 1876 as a children's infirmary in Brightmore House, on Brook Hill in Sheffield.[1] Two years later it moved to its current site on Western Bank where it was accommodated in a pair of semi-detached houses.[1] By the mid 1890s it was decided that the two old house were inadequate and should be pulled down and replaced. A new building on Brook Hill was opened in 1903, designed by the architect John Dodsley Webster.[2] The first X-ray machine and electric lights arrived in 1907 and a new operating theatre and electric radiators were installed in the 1920s.[1] Two new wards were completed in 1927, a baby ward was opened in the 1930s and a second operating theatre was built in the 1950s.[1] The accident and emergency department was extended in the 1970s and services were transferred from the Northern General Hospital in the 1990s.[1]
During the 1990s it was featured in the BBC Television series Children's Hospital.[3]
Local football club Sheffield Wednesday donated their shirt sponsorship to Sheffield Children's Hospital and the associated Children's Hospital Charity for the 2009–10 and 2010–11 seasons.[4]
A new wing, built at a cost of £40 million, was completed in 2018.[5] The new wing provides a new hospital main entrance, outpatients consulting suites, specialist diagnostic and treatment areas, and three new wards.[6] The new wing was officially opened by Prince Harry in July 2019.[7]
Research
editThe Sheffield Children's Clinical Research Facility (CCRF) opened in 2008 as the first dedicated CCRF in the UK. Research at Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust spans a range of specialities including bone disease, genetics, respiratory disease, neurology, radiology, cancer and blood diseases, endocrinology and mental health.[8] In 2012 the hospital received over £1 million in grants for research into the treatment of bronchiolitis, the use of vibration plate therapy to prevent fractures in children, and the development of bone scanning to replace X-rays in the study of bones in children.[8]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d e "The history of the Children's Hospital". BBC News. 1 October 2009. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
- ^ "A Popular History Of Sheffield", J. Edward Vickers, Applebaum Ltd, ISBN 0 906787 04 1, Page 113 Details 1903 new building.
- ^ Bradley, Richard; Cook, Tracy; Phillips, Mark (1993). Children's Hospital: The Book of the BBC-TV Series. BBC Worldwide. ISBN 0-563-36972-8.
- ^ "Sheffield Wednesday Donate Shirt Sponsorship To Local Childrens Hospital". Bleacher Report. 10 February 2009. Retrieved 20 March 2009.
- ^ "Exclusive tour of new £40m Sheffield Children's Hospital wing". The Star. 18 July 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
- ^ "Vibrant artworks animate Avanti's Sheffield Children's Hospital". Architects Journal. 3 October 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
- ^ "Prince Harry visits Sheffield Children's Hospital". Yorkshire Post. 25 July 2019. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
- ^ a b "Research". Sheffield Children's HSFounation Trust. Retrieved 16 September 2018.