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We are one of the largest NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK, providing care for over two million patients each year at our five adult hospitals and in the local community.

💙 Proud to make a difference through 19,000+ staff 🔗 www.sth.nhs.uk
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Surgeons at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital have become the first in the region to successfully send a patient home the same day as having brain tumour surgery.

Michelle Steers, 55, was back home within hours of having a craniotomy to remove a benign meningioma.

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November 14, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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Congratulations to Professor Alan Lobo who has been nominated by the Health Service Journal Awards as a 'Clinical Leader of the Year'.

Alan is one of only a handful of exceptional leaders across the NHS shortlisted for the prestigious honour.

Read more here: www.sth.nhs.uk/news/2025/11...
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November 12, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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Our researchers are proud to be launching a world-first clinical trial to support people living with MND using remote monitoring tech, which will help them to have access to breathing support from home.

The trial will run across 12 areas of England

Read more here ➡️ www.sth.nhs.uk/news/2025/11...
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November 7, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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Congratulations to our Chair Mahmud Nawaz, who has been named a ‘Rising Star’ by the Health Service Journal✨

Mahmud was one of 14 up-and-coming healthcare leaders spotlighted in the list, which was published alongside its annual power list of most influential Black and minority ethnic leaders
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October 24, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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Good luck to our three finalists in tonight's Nursing Times awards ✨

🌟Ingrid Fuchs Cancer Nursing: Gestational Trophoblastic Disease

🌟Ingrid Fuchs Cancer Nursing: Teenage & Young Adults Cancer Service

🌟Technology & Data: digital educator team

#NTA2025 #NursingTimes #nursing #HealthCare
October 22, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Good luck to our three finalists in tonight's Nursing Times awards ✨

🌟Ingrid Fuchs Cancer Nursing: Gestational Trophoblastic Disease

🌟Ingrid Fuchs Cancer Nursing: Teenage & Young Adults Cancer Service

🌟Technology & Data: digital educator team

#NTA2025 #NursingTimes #nursing #HealthCare
October 22, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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🏆Aaron Vere won the Allied Health Professional of the Year. Aaron has been instrumental in developing tailored pain management plans and introducing theatre plans to ensure modified release opioids were not routinely used in the treatment of acute pain - two years ahead of national guidelines.
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October 22, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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🏆Becky Cantrell, Nurse Consultant and Nursing Lead for the Acute Pain Team, won the Nurse of the Year title in recognition of her visionary leadership. This included the rollout of an ultra-accessible ‘Pain Bites’ training initiative and advancing acute pain awareness throughout the Trust
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October 22, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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Congratulations to our acute pain team who have won not one, but FOUR national awards 🔥

The team scooped the Team of the Year ‘Innovation of the Year, Allied Health Professional, and Nurse of the Year titles in recognition of the exceptional care they provide to patients. 🥳
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October 22, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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🍽️ It's NHS Chef of the Year finals week! 🧑‍🍳 👩‍🍳

Good luck 🍀 to our culinary duo Martin Spray and Chloe Millis-Poole who will be showcasing their talents after winning the regional heat to become one of eight national finalists in the
NHS Chef of the Year competition 🔥

#NHSChef2025 #NHSCatering
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October 20, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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A baby found to have a rare sight-threatening eye cancer is now expected to have his vision saved thanks to a world-leading screening study.

Vicky and Joey Underhay, who signed up to the Generation study at Jessop Wing, are one of the first families to benefit.

➡️ www.sth.nhs.uk/news/2025/10...
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October 17, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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Pete is one of 118 newly funded Churchill Fellows. He will explore how world-leading centres in the USA and Australia are using full-colour, mechanically realistic 3D printed models for surgical education.
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October 17, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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Congratulations to Pete Metherall, clinical scientist and founder of our 3D Lab, on winning a prestigious Churchill Fellowship to improve surgical training and patient care through cutting-edge technology.
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October 17, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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📢 We're looking for healthy volunteers, aged 18+ to join DEFEND, a new skin health trial aiming to understand what factors in the immune system and in the skin make it easier for some people to develop skin infections but not others.

🖊 Call 0114 271 3339 or email sth.defend@nhs.net for more.
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October 10, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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Congratulations to community colleagues Elaine Green and Gabrielle Coe who have been recognised for their exceptional dedication to patient care with the award of the prestigious Queen’s Nurse title. 👑

Full story: www.sth.nhs.uk/news/2025/10...
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October 9, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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Over 600 expectant parents have now signed up to the world-leading Generation study at Jessop Wing Maternity Hosptial 🧬

The pioneering study aims to screen 100,000 babies for more than 200 rare genetic conditions at birth @genomicsengland.bsky.social

Find out more: www.sth.nhs.uk/news/2025/10...
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October 7, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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A groundbreaking international trial using stem cells to treat severe scleroderma - a disease that encroaches on all aspects of life - has opened in Sheffield.

Sheffield is the sole UK site taking part in the global trial - which could revolutionise future care.
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October 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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We are delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Chris McDermott as the new Director of the NIHR Sheffield Biomedical Research Centre.

Chris begins his tenure today, with a vision to grow the BRC further, incorporating other world-leading themes.

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Announcement of Professor Chris McDermott's appointment as Director of the NIHR Sheffield Biomedical Research Centre at the University of Sheffield.
October 1, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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Last week our National Centre for Stereotactic Radiosurgery turned 40 💙

We were so grateful to all the patients, including Paula Hunter, who shared their life-changing journeys with regional media to highlight the work of the unit over the last four decades.

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September 25, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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The family of a teenager who was tragically killed in a car collision say he is their 'hero' after his organs helped to save the lives of four other people. 💗

#OrganDonationWeek #OrganDonation #ODW25

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September 24, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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Forty years later, The National Centre for Stereotactic Radiosurgery remains an internationally renowned leader in delivering the minimally invasive, precisely targeted treatment to patients with brain tumours and other rare conditions of the brain. 3/4
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September 18, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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The patient, a young girl, was treated for an arteriovenous malformation (AVM) – an abnormal tangle of blood vessels in the brain prone to haemorrhage, which can cause devastating neurological damage or death. 2/4
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September 18, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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Today marks a significant milestone both for Sheffield Teaching Hospitals and UK medical history: the 40th anniversary of the first Gamma Knife Stereotactic Radiosurgery treatment, carried out on the 18th of September 1985. Sheffield was the third unit established in the world. 1/4
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September 18, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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The Royal Hallamshire's haematology team are now one of only a select number of hospitals to have achieved the Myeloma UK Clinical Service Excellence Programme (CSEP) Award 📷

Full story: www.sth.nhs.uk/news/2025/09...
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September 11, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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We're proud to announce that we have been awarded Myeloma UK Centre of Excellence status. 💫

The award was given in recognition of the outstanding care and dedication our haematology team provide to patients living with myeloma, a type of blood cancer. 👏
September 11, 2025 at 12:19 PM