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Sheffield news: LIVE updates as 21 mums in labour diverted away from Jessop Wing over midwife shortage

Updates from The Star team including news that mums were forced out of Sheffield to have their babies when the city’s Jessop Wing maternity hospital was hit by staff shortages.
Beth Kirkbride
By Beth Kirkbride
Published 11th Nov 2021, 11:31 BST
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This page will be updated with the latest stories published today (Thursday, November 11).

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Sheffield news LIVE: updates as mums were forced out of Sheffield to have their babies

Key Events

  • Staff shortages at Jessop Wing caused 21 expectant mothers to be diverted to deliver children
Thu, 11 Nov, 2021, 11:37 BST

8.42am - Jessop Wing crisis: 21 mums in labour diverted out of city over midwife shortage

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, The Jessop Wing. Mums had to leave Sheffield to give birth after it was hit by staff illness and a wave of complicated pregnanciesSheffield Teaching Hospitals, The Jessop Wing. Mums had to leave Sheffield to give birth after it was hit by staff illness and a wave of complicated pregnancies
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, The Jessop Wing. Mums had to leave Sheffield to give birth after it was hit by staff illness and a wave of complicated pregnancies

Mums were forced out of Sheffield to have their babies when the city’s Jessop wing maternity hospital was hit by staff shortages.

MORE HERE: Jessop Wing crisis: 21 mums in labour diverted out of city over midwife shortage

Thu, 11 Nov, 2021, 11:35 BST

7.29am - Kiveton Park crash: Funerals planned for friends killed in horror collision

Friends Martin Ward, Mason Hall and Ryan Geddes, also known as Ryan Lee, all died in a crash in Kiveton Park, Rotherham, on Sunday, October 24. Their funerals have been planned.Friends Martin Ward, Mason Hall and Ryan Geddes, also known as Ryan Lee, all died in a crash in Kiveton Park, Rotherham, on Sunday, October 24. Their funerals have been planned.
Friends Martin Ward, Mason Hall and Ryan Geddes, also known as Ryan Lee, all died in a crash in Kiveton Park, Rotherham, on Sunday, October 24. Their funerals have been planned.

Friends and relatives of three young men killed in a horror crash are preparing to say their final farewells.

MORE HERE: Kiveton Park crash: Funerals planned for friends killed in horror collision

Thu, 11 Nov, 2021, 11:33 BST

7.11am - Motorcyclist died after being hit by bird on Mortimer Road in Sheffield, inquest hears, as family pay tribute

William Jackson died after being hit by a bird and coming off his motorbike when he was driving along Mortimer Road in Bradfield, Sheffield, an inquest heardWilliam Jackson died after being hit by a bird and coming off his motorbike when he was driving along Mortimer Road in Bradfield, Sheffield, an inquest heard
William Jackson died after being hit by a bird and coming off his motorbike when he was driving along Mortimer Road in Bradfield, Sheffield, an inquest heard

The family of a motorcyclist who was hit by a bird and died in Sheffield have paid tribute at the inquest into his death.

MORE HERE: Motorcyclist died after being hit by bird on Mortimer Road in Sheffield, inquest hears, as family pay tribute

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