The Sheffield Children's Hospital is a healthcare facility for children in
Broomhill,
Sheffield
Sheffield is a city in South Yorkshire, England, situated south of Leeds and east of Manchester. The city is the administrative centre of the City of Sheffield. It is historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire and some of its so ...
,
South Yorkshire
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, England. It is managed by the
Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust.
History
The hospital first opened on 15 November 1876 as a children's infirmary in Brightmore House, on Brook Hill in Sheffield.
Two years later it moved to its current site on Western Bank where it was accommodated in a pair of semi-detached houses.
[ 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.][''"A Popular History Of Sheffield"'', J. Edward Vickers, Applebaum Ltd, , Page 113 Details 1903 new building.] The first X-ray machine and electric lights arrived in 1907 and a new operating theatre and electric radiators were installed in the 1920s.[ 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.][ The accident and emergency department was extended in the 1970s and services were transferred from the ]Northern General Hospital
The Northern General Hospital is a large teaching hospital and Major Trauma Centre in Sheffield, England. Its departments include accident and emergency for adults, with children being treated at the Sheffield Children's Hospital on Western Ba ...
in the 1990s.[
During the 1990s it was featured in the ]BBC Television
BBC Television is a service of the BBC. The corporation has operated a Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, public broadcast television service in the United Kingdom, under the terms of a royal charter, since 1 January 1927. It p ...
series ''Children's Hospital
A children's hospital (CH) is a hospital that offers its services exclusively to infants, children, adolescents, and young adults from birth up to until age 18, and through age 21 and older in the United States. In certain special cases, the ...
''.
Local football club Sheffield Wednesday
Sheffield Wednesday Football Club is a professional association football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. They compete in the EFL Championship, the second level of the English football league system.
Formed in 1867 as an off ...
donated their shirt sponsorship to Sheffield Children's Hospital and the associated Children's Hospital Charity for the 2009–10 and 2010–11 seasons.
A new wing, built at a cost of £40 million, was completed in 2018. The new wing provides a new hospital main entrance, outpatients consulting suites, specialist diagnostic and treatment areas, and three new wards. The new wing was officially opened by Prince Harry
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in July 2019.
Research
The 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.[
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See also
* List of hospitals in England
The following is a list of hospitals in England. For NHS trusts, see the list of NHS Trusts.
East Midlands
East of England
London North central
East
North west
South east
South west
North East County Durham
Northumberland
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References
External links
Official site
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Hospitals in Sheffield
NHS hospitals in England
Children's hospitals in the United Kingdom