NATIONAL CENTRE
THE NATIONAL CENTRE FOR CHILD HEALTH TECHNOLOGY
The National Centre for Child Health Technology (NCCHT) will be a world-class facility, led by Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, aiming to create healthier futures through technology and innovation.
The NCCHT will address the biggest challenges facing paediatrics today: obesity, mental health conditions, cancer, long-term physical health conditions, health inequalities, and disabilities.
Academics, engineers, designers, digital health experts, healthcare professionals, children, young people, and their families will work together in a unique ecosystem to design, innovate, and implement novel technologies to improve children’s health. The centre will also deliver excellent, state-of-the-art, patient care.
Critically, the centre will be more than just a building; the NCCHT will be part of a global child health technology network that is dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing of children and young people through technology and innovation.
The NCCHT has been cited by multi-national industry partners as a global first. It is set to create a step-change in how we support the health and healthcare of children and young people, creating better lives for future generations.
Together, the NIHR HRC in Paediatrics and Child Health and the National Centre for Child Health Technology will pioneer the health technologies of tomorrow, delivering dramatic improvements in NHS and international healthcare that benefit generations to come.
EQUIPMENT & FACILITIES
To accelerate the development and adoption of novel technologies for paediatrics and child health, the centre will have the latest equipment and facilities.
SPECIALIST GAIT AND MOVEMENT LABS
IMMERSIVE REALITY AND ROBOTICS SUITE
ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS CENTRE
SIMULATED HOSPITAL AND HOME ENVIRONMENTS
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTRE
CLINIC SPACES
LOCATION & FUNDING
The centre has received £22m funding from the UK Government Levelling Up Fund, the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority, Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, and The Children’s Hospital Charity.
The centre will be based on the Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park, a world-class campus dedicated to innovation, education, health and wellbeing, and excellence in nutrition and elite sport.
Building work is beginning in 2024, with the centre due to open in late 2025.