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Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust @sth.nhs.uk · 1d

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...

A group of four people stand in front of a festive display, featuring large pink balloons that read "600" and a decorated table with information about the Generation study.

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Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust @sth.nhs.uk · 5d

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.

A patient rests in a hospital bed, connected to medical equipment and IV, undergoing stem cell treatment for systemic sclerosis.

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Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust @sth.nhs.uk · 7d

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Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust @sth.nhs.uk · 7d

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.

www.sth.nhs.uk/news/2025/10...

Announcement of Professor Chris McDermott's appointment as Director of the NIHR Sheffield Biomedical Research Centre at the University of Sheffield.

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Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust @sth.nhs.uk · 13d

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.

www.thestar.co.uk/news/i-forev...

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Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust @sth.nhs.uk · 14d

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

www.sth.nhs.uk/news/2025/09...

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Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust @sth.nhs.uk · 15d

It's #OrganDonationWeek💗.

Our Chair Designate Mahmud Nawaz shares his personal experience of why organ donation is so important ⤵️

www.nhsconfed.org/articles/we-...

ℹ️ www.organdonation.nhs.uk

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Laura Williams @ljwilliams.bsky.social · 18d

I'm one of those 21,000 patients to get the gamma knife at Sheffield. Now whenever I'm on campus for my PhD days I see the hospital and always think of that time in my life. I'll spare you all the polaroid photo they took of 17 year old me to document the experience.

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust @sth.nhs.uk · 20d

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

A group of healthcare professionals celebrates with blue balloons reading "40" in front of a Gamma Knife machine, smiling for the camera.

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Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust @sth.nhs.uk · 20d

Thanks to the groundbreaking work of the Sheffield team, Gamma Knife treatment is now available in over 360 centres worldwide and is considered a minimally invasive first-line therapy for many brain conditions ⤵️ 4/4

www.sth.nhs.uk/news/2025/09...

Celebrating 40 years of pioneering Gamma Knife care - Sheffield Teaching Hospital

September 18 marks a significant milestone in UK medical history: the 40th anniversary of the first Gamma Knife Stereotactic Radiosurgery treatment.

www.sth.nhs.uk

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust @sth.nhs.uk · 20d

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

A group of healthcare professionals stands beside a Esprit Gamma Knife machine, celebrating the 40th anniversary with blue balloons.

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Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust @sth.nhs.uk · 20d

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

Two radiographers monitor a patient in a Gamma Knife machine using desktop computers in a clinical environment.

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Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust @sth.nhs.uk · 20d

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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Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust @sth.nhs.uk · 27d

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...

A diverse group of six healthcare professionals stand together, holding an award, in front of a wooden door in a clinical setting.

A group of people sits together in a room, with one person holding an award plaque, celebrating a shared achievement.

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Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust @sth.nhs.uk · 27d

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. 👏

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Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust @sth.nhs.uk · 28d

‘A chance to help future generations’

A Sheffield bladder cancer patient is praising a cutting-edge trial which could help future patients avoid bladder removal surgery.

Full story: www.sth.nhs.uk/news/2025/09...

@sheffielduni.bsky.social ni.bsky.social | @universityofleeds.bsky.social

A group of healthcare professionals and a patient pose together in a hospital setting. The nursing team are wearing uniforms.

Two men stand together outside a building, one in medical scrubs and the other in a suit, surrounded by greenery and flowers.

A person wearing a gray t-shirt lies in a hospital bed, with a white pillow and a green wall visible in the background.

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Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust @sth.nhs.uk · 29d

Last week we were delighted to celebrate the first-ever International Gestational Trophoblastic Disease (GTD) Day. 🌍

Sheffield is one of only two in the UK to treat the rare group of tumours - which develop during the early stages of pregnancy

www.sth.nhs.uk/news/2025/09...

Inaugural International Gestational Trophoblastic Disease Day - Sheffield Teaching Hospital

The Sheffield Gestational Trophoblastic Centre have marked the first-ever global awareness day dedicated to increasing knowledge of the rare group of diseases.

www.sth.nhs.uk

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Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust @sth.nhs.uk · Sep 4

It was great to welcome @tomgordonld.bsky.social and other MPs from the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Diabetes to the Northern General Hospital the other week.

The MPs praised Sheffield’s pioneering
one-stop screening service as a great example of future care.

www.sth.nhs.uk/news/2025/09...

MPs praise Sheffield’s pioneering approach to diabetes care - Sheffield Teaching Hospital

MPs have described a pioneering one-stop diabetes screening service as the future of how diabetes care should be provided during a recent visit to the Northern General Hospital.

www.sth.nhs.uk

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Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust @sth.nhs.uk · Aug 28

We were delighted to welcome Tom Gordon MP for Harrogate and Knaresborough and Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Diabetes to our Diabetes and Endocrine Centre last week to showcase how #Sheffield is leading the way with innovative diabetes care #nhs10yearplan

Tom Gordon MP @tomgordonld.bsky.social · Aug 26

🏥 Great to visit Northern General Hospital in Sheffield to see their pioneering one-stop service for people with diabetes.

🔬By combining all 9 essential health checks into 1 appointment, it makes care more accessible, prevents complications, & improves quality of life for people with diabetes.

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Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust @sth.nhs.uk · Aug 28

Congratulations to our amazing chefs Martin Spray and Chloe Millis-Poole on qualifying to the finals of the NHS Chef of the Year competition run by @england.nhs.uk🧑‍🍳🥗

The duo are one of just eight teams from across England who will take part in the contest's final.

www.sth.nhs.uk/news/2025/08...

Sheffield Hospitals duo cook up a storm to reach national NHS Chef of the Year final - Sheffield Teaching Hospital

Two chefs at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have been named as finalists in the NHS Chef of the Year competition run by NHS England.

www.sth.nhs.uk

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Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust @sth.nhs.uk · Aug 27

Great to see the work of our GUSTO trial team featured in The Pathologist.

GUSTO is a first-of-its-kind trial, which aims to improve survival rates for advanced bladder cancer by tailoring treatments based on DNA found in their tumours.

Read more below ⬇️

thepathologist.com/issues/2025/...

From Biopsy to Bedside in a Week: Inside the GUSTO Trial

Can gene expression subtyping be used to guide treatment decisions for bladder cancer?

thepathologist.com

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust @sth.nhs.uk · Aug 26

Our researchers have recruited some of the UK’s first patients into two new groundbreaking radiotherapy trials – including a UK first

First UK patient Richard, 83, has had no signs of the cancer since joining the SCC-AFTER trial

More information ⬇️

www.sth.nhs.uk/news/2025/08...

Four healthcare professionals pose together in front of a glass wall with signage for the Cancer Clinic and Trials Centre.

Group of four medical professionals standing outside the Cancer Clinical Trials Centre, smiling in front of the entrance.

An elderly man wearing a blue sweater sits on a couch adorned with decorative pillows, against a patterned wall.

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Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust @sth.nhs.uk · Aug 26

The £5.5m ANGLIA collaboration brings together three universities, each paired with one or more local NHS Trusts, and will make the UK’s first-of-its-kind national PET imaging platform.

Full story: www.sth.nhs.uk/news/2025/08...

New full-body imaging collaboration boosts national research into complex diseases - Sheffield Teaching Hospital

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, together with the University of Sheffield, named key partner in a new scanner collaboration supporting national research into complex diseases

www.sth.nhs.uk

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Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust @sth.nhs.uk · Aug 26

🚀We are delighted to have been named as a key partner in an exciting new scanner collaboration boosting research into complex diseases.

A new total-body PET scanner will be hosted in Cambridge, with links to @sheffielduni.bsky.social making the new technology accessible to the region.

A patient lies on a bed of a Siemens Healthineers PET-CT scanner

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Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust @sth.nhs.uk · Aug 20

💊With the August Bank Holiday weekend fast-approaching, make sure you order any repeat prescriptions through the NHS App in advance.

Haven’t got it? Download it for free here: www.nhs.uk

➡️ To find out how, visit: www.nhs.uk/.../how-to-o...

#sheffieldhealth #RepeatPrescriptions #bankholiday

A hand holding a smartphone displays the NHS app, encouraging people to order repeat prescriptions before the bank holiday weekend.

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust @sth.nhs.uk · Aug 19

📅 Who’s looking forward to the bank holiday weekend?

If you need urgent medical help but it’s not an emergency, use 111 online first.

You’ll be directed to the right care for your needs.
Visit NHS 111 at: 111.nhs.uk

#UrgentCare #bankholiday #AugustBankHoliday #sheffieldhealth

A person searches the NHS 111 online service for urgent medical help on a laptop.

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