Department of Health and Social Care

The funding will provide vital early years support to families across the borough, offering services such as pregnancy support, infant feeding advice, parenting classes, and more.

Barnsley to receive £1.26m boost for early years support

Rotherham Hospital has met its four-hour A&E wait time target for the first time since 2019 – despite a 16 per cent increase in demand.

Hospital meets four-hour emergency wait target for first time in five years

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The city council has unveiled fresh funding to achieve its vision to make sure children grow up in smoke-free Sheffield where the habit is ‘unusual’. Photo: Jonathan Brady

More money to be spent so children can grow up in smoke-free Sheffield

Clapping for the NHS may have been 'dangerous' says health ombudsman. (Photo: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)

Clapping for the NHS may have been 'dangerous' says health ombudsman

Hairdresser Kaydell Brown, aged 38, from Sheffield, paid £5,400 for the procedure
as well as a tummy tuck and a boob job

Mum-of-two dies in 'Brazilian bum-lift' surgery in Turkey

An inquest into a woman’s death in Sheffield has found that the family had to wait almost five hours for an ambulance to take her to a hospital due to “tied up” resources.

Concerns raised as woman dies after near five-hour wait for ambulance

Sexual health services grappling with ‘unprecedented demand’ as gonorrhoea cases skyrocket in Barnsley

Gonorrhoea cases skyrocket in Barnsley

A Vida Sheffield group photo at the Everest Challenge fundraising climb to mark the 70th Anniversary of Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tensing at Awesome Walls in Sheffield.

Charity ‘devastated’ after missing out on crucial government funding

Gemma Nicholson (Vida’s service user representative) and Karen Hague (right) at the Women's Voices event organised by Women's Aid & WAVES during the 16 days of activism on November 29, 2023 at Sheffield Town Hall.

Women’s charity calls Sheffield Council to release ‘emergency funding’

The number of complaints against GP and dental practices has risen since the Covid pandemic

Rise in complaints against GP and dental practices in South Yorkshire

There are currently 7.75m people on NHS waiting lists across the country.

NHS waiting lists could reach 8m by next summer

39% of children can't see a dentist - and it's worse for adults

Alex Dews died at the age of 13.

'No systemic failure' in death of boy who was 'crying out' for help

Speaking this week, the Royal College of Radiologists issued a stark warning that staff shortages mean patients are facing worsening delays for tests or to start chemotherapy or radiotherapy, adding that every four-week delay to treatment increases the risk of death by around 10 per cent

Hospital trust has third-highest waiting time for cancer treatement in England

Problems have been reported with the portside shaft on HMS Prince of Wales. Picture: Lisa Ferguson.

What a mess with our cash

Health secretary Therese Coffey has been criticised over Sheffield health workers getting ‘super-patronising’ advice on issues including use of commas, it has been reported. PIcture: Kirsty O'Connor/PA Wire

Health workers getting ‘super patronising advice’ on issues including commas

The NHS Healthy Start card allows families to buy food and milk for children. (Photo: AdobeStock)

Parents warned over popular baby food that has ‘more sugar than Coca-Cola’

The Department of Health and Social Care estimates that screening prevents 70 per cent of cervical cancer deaths, but 83 per cent of deaths could be prevented if everyone attended regularly.

Cervical cancer screenings down in Rotherham amongst 25-49 year olds

Calorie labelling on menus has been introduced. Photo: Adobe

Blaise Tapp: Calorie count on menus won't affect my choices

Calorie counts to feature on menus from today to tackle obesity

The Department of Health and Social Care will close all Covid-19 test centres nationally on March 30

All Rotherham’s Covid test centres to close in pandemic response stand-down

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New campaign calls on pregnant women to get Covid-19 vaccine to reduce risk to b...

These NHS prescription rule changes could leave millions of people worse off

Health leaders issue warning over Covid booster appointment no-shows

From 7December UK holidaymakers must take a pre-departure Covid test (Photo: Getty Images)

Pre-departure Covid tests to return for UK travellers in rule crackdown

British adults could get fourth Covid jab as deal agreed for 114m extra doses

Prime Minister Boris Johnson talks to resident Kathleen during a visit to Westport Care Home in east London on September 7, 2021. - Breaking an election pledge not to raise taxes, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson today announced hefty new funding to fix a social care crisis and a pandemic surge in hospital waiting lists. (Photo by Paul EDWARDS / POOL / AFP) (Photo by PAUL EDWARDS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

These are the new rules on the social care cap in England

All care home workers in England are legally required to have been fully vaccinated by 11 November (Photo: Getty Images)

Thousands of care home staff to lose jobs as Covid jab policy kicks in

A study in the British Medical Journal suggests an increase in tic symptoms in young people could be linked to TikTok (Photo Illustration by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Could Sheffield’s young people be developing tics from TikTok?

Molunpiravir has been shown to cut the risk of hospital admission or death by 50% among at-risk adults (Photo: Shutterstock)

Two new Covid antiviral drugs secured to protect most at-risk this winter

Mandatory requirements would mean only those who are fully vaccinated against Covid, unless medically exempt, could be deployed to deliver health and care services (Photo: Shutterstock)

Consultation on mandatory Covid vaccination for health and care staff begins

Anyone over the age of 18 in the UK can opt in to the antibody testing programme (Photo: Getty Images)

How to get a Covid antibody test as new UK programme launches this week

The government will remove some 57 companies from its list on Monday (23 August) as they no longer exist, or do not provide the relevant tests required for travel (Photo: Getty Images)

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The Moderna Covid-19 vaccine has been given approval for use in children aged 12 to 17 (Photo: Getty Images)

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