Sheffield Children’s Hospital launches £24m high-tech centre marking 150 year anniversary
Its latest centre will provide cutting-edge technology to improve the lives of children.
Sheffield Children's Hospital celebrated a landmark 150 years of service on Thursday by officially launching its new centre for children's health.
The Spark is Sheffield Children’s latest world-class facility, located at Olympic Legacy Park in Attercliffe.
The 24 million investment in the centre will bring clinical care and child health technology together under one roof and will be the home of the National Centre for Child Health Technology.
Funding was made possible through partners, NHS, SYMCA, Sheffield City Council and Sheffield Children's Hospital Charity coming together to accelerate child health technology development.
South Yorkshire's first regional Deputy Mayor for Health, Sir Steve Houghton, was also appointed at the event. This marks a significant milestone in ambitions to tackle child health inequality across the region.
South Yorkshire’s Mayor Oliver Coppard said: “The Spark is an investment in our future, putting children, young people and their families at the heart of some of the most exciting work happening here in South Yorkshire.
“Children around here will experience better healthcare because it will be tailored to their needs in very specific ways.
“This translational research facility is somewhere where there is going to be pioneering treatment, and children, and young people, from Sheffield, from this community, will experience those benefits, first and foremost.”
Over its 150 years, Sheffield Children's has evolved alongside technology to meet the needs of children and families. Now, with The Spark as its newest research facility, specialist healthcare aims to boost children’s health and recovery.
Ruth Brown, Chief Executive of Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust said: “Our purpose is about creating healthier futures for children and young people.
“That was the purpose 150 years ago, and it's still here today, and I just think that's amazing.”
“We’ve seen lots of change, lots of innovation. Children are living longer, living with more complexity, and hopefully, healthier lives, because we can care for and treat them in different ways.”
Partners across health, education, research, industry and the voluntary sector will come together to focus on early interventions in child illnesses.
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