Claudia Blake

A fabulous trip and experience for the history students, my son really enjoyed!

Today is International Day of the Midwife - a day to say thank you to our amazing midwives for the phenomenal care, support and compassion they provide to women, babies and their families 👶

📺 Watch this special message from our Chief Nurse Chris Morley 👇

#IDM2025 #teamCMidO #MidwiferyMatters

Scans in shopping centres and AI - can ideas like these help save the NHS? Government says more NHS funds in England will go to social care as we look at how it can deliver change.

Brilliant to see the Royal Hallamshire #Sheffield featured on #BBCPanorama for cutting-edge technology that is speeding up heart disease care 👏 Plus great innovations from the rest of the NHS in #SouthYorkshire

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Beneficial genetic changes observed in regular blood donors Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have identified genetic changes in blood stem cells from frequent blood donors that support the production of new, non-cancerous cells.

Researchers from the Crick, @dkfz.bsky.social and the German Red Cross Blood Donation Centre have found beneficial genetic changes that arise in the blood stem cells of people who regularly donate blood cells.

www.crick.ac.uk/news-and-fea...

"He can't say 'no' now" - wife donates kidney to give 'gift of life' to husband Emma Hodgson always knew she’d do anything for her husband, Kieran. But when she gave him one of her kidneys to save his life, she never expected the added bonus – winning every argument in their hous...

A woman has given her husband the gift of life by donating her kidney
www.thestar.co.uk/news/people/...

What a lovely tale - such an incredible act of selflessness

'I donated my kidney to save my husband's life - it's the best thing I've ever done' A Barnsley wife who turned kidney donor to save her husband’s life says being a living donor is “one of the best things I've ever done.”

A Barnsley wife who turned kidney donor to save her husband’s life says being a living donor is “one of the best things I've ever done”
www.thestar.co.uk/health/emma-...

A blue sky is seen behind the Royal Hallamshire Hospital towerblock

A blue sky is seen behind the Laboratory Medicine building

An ambulance parked outside the Chesterman building on a blue sky day.

The Royal Hallamshire Hospital building is seen in the background behind the Jessop Wing Maternity Hospital building. In the foreground is signage for the Labour Ward and the Midwife Led Unit.

To round off our first day on #BlueSky, here are some pictures of some blue skies around our #Sheffield #NHS hospital sites 🦋

We'll be back tomorrow but in the meantime if you want to find out more about our services you can visit our website at www.sth.nhs.uk

If any of my contacts are interested in the work of Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, give them a follow on bsky.app/profile/shef...

Great to see the recent collaborative innovation event held between Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, the Association of British HealthTech Industries and @shelfordgroup.bsky.social showcased in this key impact report.

With the national conversation on how the NHS can do things better, it's easy to forget there are some things it's always done well.

Great to see the innovative Triceps #stroke trial, which aims to transform stroke survivors lives, get an airing in the Mail

www.dailymail.co.uk/health/artic...

Firefly Sparkle: 'Christmas' galaxy reveals how Universe formed The galaxy resembling Christmas lights hanging in the cosmos has space scientists feeling festive

A Christmas galaxy! #FireflySparkle 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

How fab is this? ⏬ I first encountered Cathy back in Covid when she asked me to get out some urgent advice to patients with bleeding disorders to signpost to appropriate platforms - it's good to see she's still got their back and champions their needs @nursingtimes.bsky.social

University of Sheffield joins national effort to tackle maternity inequalities The University of Sheffield, in partnership with the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), has been selected to join the NIHR Challenge Mater...

We're excited to join the @nihr.bsky.social Challenge Maternity Disparities Consortium!

Led by Professors Dilly Anumba & @parveenali.bsky.social, with @lshtm.bsky.social & @theifs.bsky.social, we’ll drive research and action to reduce maternity inequalities. www.sheffield.ac.uk/smph/news/un...

Great turnout at the Sheffield Collaborate to Innovate NHS and industry partnership event with Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, the Shelford Group and the ABHI the other week Some fascinating discussions about AI and its role in healthcare

It's not every day one of our nurses gets featured on BBC News, so it was fab earlier this week to see Cathy Harrison's Nursing Times Nurse of the Year award celebrated!

Cathy has done amazing work supporting the blood and bleeding disorders community 👇

youtu.be/Et74UwqmiOg

Excited to be on BlueSky!