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Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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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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We’re piloting cutting-edge artificial intelligence technology to transform how wounds are assessed and monitored in patients’ homes📲

Clinicians can now capture high-quality images with a smartphone with AI to analyse and track healing.

Read more here👇 www.sth.nhs.uk/news/2025/12...
Cutting-edge artificial intelligence technology to transform how wounds are assessed and monitored in patients’ homes - Sheffield Teaching Hospital
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has become one of the first in the UK to pilot cutting-edge artificial intelligence technology to transform how wounds are assessed and monitored in p...
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December 8, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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🎯Oncology trainee? Thinking about your exams?

Booking is now open for Weston Park Cancer Centre's relaunched online FRCR Part 2 Preparation Course - now updated to reflect latest exam reforms and clinical practice standards.

📅28th -30th Jan 2026

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December 5, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Good luck to our sustainability and pharmacy teams, deserving finalists in tonight's HFMA Healthcare Finance Awards 🌍✨

The Medicines Assessment for Discharge scheme has improved patient experience & lessened the environmental impact of hospital-dispensed medicines

#HFMAAwards2025 #Sustainability
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December 4, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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For this year's #WorldAIDSDay we're celebrating our role in helping to save lives through the roll out of routine opt-out blood borne virus testing in our emergency department.

Read more: www.sth.nhs.uk/news/2025/12...
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December 1, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Congratulations to Dr Gordon Sloan on being presented with the Association of British Clinical Diabetologists Rising Star Award ✨

Gordon was recognised for work with the Sheffield diabetes research team to improve understanding of #diabeticneuropathy

Find out more: www.sth.nhs.uk/news/2025/11...
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November 26, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Great to speak as Chair of @sth.nhs.uk at the launch of the #BritishTransplantGames that comes to #Sheffield in Aug 2026, alongside Deputy Mayor Andrew Sangar and #Sheffield legend @petemckee.bsky.social

A huge celebration of the gift of life coming to Sheffield @sheffcitycouncil.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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Yesterday (23rd) and today we are celebrating Nursing & Midwifery Support Worker Day!

From wards to clinics & community teams, your compassion, dedication & hard work make a huge difference every single day. Keep an eye on our page to meet them & join us in saying a big thank you! 👏💙
November 24, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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A Mediterranean diet is superior at reducing irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) symptoms than traditional dietary advice, according to new research.

Dr Aziz's study with @sheffielduni.bsky.social may impact IBS symptom management in the UK and beyond.

Read more here: www.sth.nhs.uk/news/2025/11...
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November 19, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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Our LGBTQ+ Staff Network has won Employee Network Group of the Year at the ENEI Excellence in Inclusivity Awards 👏

Huge credit to the team for their visibility, advocacy and Trust-wide impact. Also congrats to Rachel Salmon, shortlisted for DEI Influencer of the Year.

#LGBTQ #NHS #Inclusion #DEI
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November 18, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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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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Really exciting to be here for the launch of the Women's HealthTech Innovation Network today at @sheffielduni.bsky.social. We're very proud to co-host this event with Devices for Dignity @nihr.bsky.social HealthTech Research Centre in long term conditions.

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November 13, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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❗Resident doctors' strike action is planned from 14-19th November 2025 👇

For more information, please click the link below.

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November 13, 2025 at 9:13 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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👏We’re thrilled our cross-sector project to improve #Alzheimer’s diagnosis, a partnership with Lilly, Dementias Platform UK, and four NHS Trusts, has been shortlisted for the 2025 HSJ Partnership of the Year Award, recognising healthcare innovation in the UK
November 12, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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Daniel, 75, went from being reliant on crutches with heavy painkillers to being fully fit and walking again within six months of being diagnosed with #myeloma, an incurable blood cancer.

It follows participation in the RADAR trial @universityofleeds.bsky.social

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Grandad-of-six praises Sheffield’s haematology team for exceptional care   - Sheffield Teaching Hospital
A granddad whose excruciating back pain turned out to be an incurable cancer is praising Sheffield Teaching Hospitals haematologists for their 'top-notch' care
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November 10, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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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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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.

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October 17, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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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 [email protected] 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