Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest integrated providers of acute and community health services with five hospitals and over 40 community bases:

• The Royal Hallamshire Hospital
• The Northern General Hospital
• Charles Clifford Dental Hospital
• Weston Park Cancer Hospital
• Jessop Wing Maternity Hospital

The Trust offers a full range of local hospital and community health services for people in Sheffield as well as specialist hospital services to patients from further afield in a number of specialist centres. The Trust is recognised internationally for its work in neurosciences, spinal injuries, renal, cancer, transplantation, neurosciences and orthopaedics. 

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has been given an overall rating of ‘Good’ by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) with many services rated as ‘Outstanding’. This means the Trust is one of a small number to have achieved a Good or Outstanding rating in every one of the five domains which the Care Quality Commission use to rate a NHS organisation: Safe, Caring, Responsive, Well led, Effective. It is also one of the top 20% of NHS Trusts for patient satisfaction.

With an annual research income in excess of £15m, STH is amongst the largest healthcare research institutions in the UK.

Translational research and implementation initiatives include the Devices for Dignity Healthcare Technology Co-operative operating nationally to bring technological solutions to patients’ needs, and the NIHR Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care for South Yorkshire, uniting 18 organisations to transfer research findings into practical patient care in the management of long-term conditions.

Research strengths range from basic laboratory science through to the application of research at the bedside and in the home. A joint Clinical Research Office with the University of Sheffield supports a dynamic hub of research and innovation expertise.

Key research areas include neuroscience, cardiology, inflammation and immunity, rheumatology, bone metabolism, cancer, respiratory medicine, communicable diseases, diabetes, endocrinology and oral and dental research.

The Trust plays a key role in the training and education of medical, nursing and dental students with its academic partners, including the University of Sheffield and Sheffield Hallam. It is a recognised leader in healthcare innovation and is host to a number of national projects including the Perfect Patient Pathway Test Bed, Devices for Dignity, Yorkshire and Humber Genomics Centre as well as being a partner in the South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Integrated Care System, Sheffield Accountable Care Partnership, Olympic Legacy Park and the National Centre for Sports and Exercise Medicine. 

For more information visit: www.sth.nhs.uk

Chief Executive: Kirsten Major