Health and Care

People who have lived with and experienced domestic abuse in Sheffield have helped shape the city’s latest long-term plan for providing safe accommodation. It will mean that the council will assess and make arrangements for accommodation-based support, provide that support and monitor and evaluate how effective it is over the next three years.

The council is exploring ideas around a VCS Covid Recovery Fund to help tackle the financial pressures the sector is facing as it acknowledges the massive role the VCS has played in supporting the city during these unprecedented times.

New campaign launched to help smokers make their homes smokefree and prevent exposure of secondhand smoke to others in the household.

A new campaign to help make it easy for people to make small and simple changes to improve their health launches this week in Sheffield.  The Better Health Sheff campaign has been developed to make it as easy as possible for people to improve their health. It brings together eating well, moving more, Smokefree Sheffield and feeling better.

An ambitious plan for Sheffield, that sets out clear priorities and actions for the year ahead has been agreed - putting Sheffield first, with people and communities at its heart.

The Sheffield Family Guide to Smart Sugar Swaps is available now, with a buy one gift one campaign to help more families get their hands on the book.

Sheffield’s Move More Month 2021 is being recognised this June with the launch of a new physical activity strategy and a free interactive city-wide game that more than 45,000 people are anticipated to play over a six-week period. 

From the 7 to 13 June, it’s Carers Week and the time to openly thank those unpaid carers who, young and old, care in the home for someone in their family. This year’s theme is ‘make caring visible and valued’ and will raise awareness and celebrate the massive and often forgotten contribution that unpaid carers make to our communities.

Parkrun returns to Sheffield's parks

May is Dementia friendly month in Sheffield in and we’re highlighting the community help and support that’s available in the city for people with dementia and their families.  There are an estimated 7,000 people aged over 65 living with dementia in Sheffield, as well as smaller numbers of people with early onset dementia.

From Monday outdoor gatherings (including in private gardens) of either 6 people (the Rule of 6) or 2 households will be allowed, making it easier for friends and families to meet outside.

Smokefree Sheffield is encouraging smokers across the city to set a quit date this No Smoking Day (10 March). This year’s campaign focuses on the importance of quitting for your m ...

Today marks a huge milestone for Sheffield and its older care home residents as all have now been offered the covid-19 vaccinated.  

We’ve written to all care homes to support them in continuing to provide safe visiting opportunities during this third national lockdown. We know how important visits are for supporting the health and wellbeing of people living in care homes and their relationships with friends and family so we’ve provided them with an overview of how this should work in Sheffield.  

Statement from Public Health Sheffield on the new variant of Covid-19

Sheffield City Council will support thousands of children and young people with free school meals during the Christmas break.

Get active this winter by walking, jogging or running a mile a day as we countdown from the 1st to the 25th of December in This Girl Can 25 miles December challenge.

This year Disability History Month runs from the 18th November to the 20th December 2020. UK Disability History Month (UKDHM) is an “annual event creating a platform to focus on th ...

NHS Sheffield Clinical Commissioning Group’s (CCG) Medical Director and the Director of Public Health in Sheffield are encouraging those eligible to get their flu vaccination and help minimise the spread of flu this winter.

England will enter a full lockdown on Thursday November 5 if approved by MPs on Wednesday. The measures will be introduced at 00:01 GMT on Thursday and remain in place until Wednesday 2 December.

Sheffield City Council has pledged to support thousands of children and young people with free school meals during the half-term week.

We have written to care homes this week to update them on our current position in relation to Covid-19 and the care homes sector. We have assured them that we will be giving care h ...

Find out which services will transfer when we end our contract with Sheffield Futures.

Potential funding for voluntary, community and faith organisations who have helped others during the Covid-19 response.

A new Covid-19 local testing centre will be opening in Darnall next week, to make testing easier and more accessible in the city.

Public leisure facilities in Sheffield will start to welcome customers back through their doors as Sheffield City Counci ...

Covid-19 has had a major impact on every community in Sheffield. The nine ambitions our Strategy sets out remain the foundations to support a healthy life.

At the Council’s cabinet this week, held virtually for the first time due to lockdown, we reported on how the Council has responded to COVID-19 across the city.We have prioritised ...

Lockdown has glued us together,” says Helen about her current family of her 20 year old son, a teenager who’s lived with ...

Following the latest Government update, which saw a slight ease of some restrictions, Sheffield City Council has today i ...

Walking is complicated. Sometimes there are sticks, and stones, and tree roots, and spiders. And once you’re off the carpet and in the real world, the ground you’re trying to cover ...

Independent visitors is a Sheffield City Council scheme which aims to match volunteers who will build helpful and positi ...

Sheffield City Council has responded to the priorities set out in the January 2019 NHS Long Term Plan (LTP) published by ...

November 20 2019 marks World COPD Day, and ex-smoker and COPD sufferer, Geoff Bunting, 61 from Norwood, is calling for a ...

Following substantial rainfall over recent weeks, Sheffield is continuing to work closely with those in the worst affect ...

Families, schools and services are being asked to have their say on Sheffield’s new Inclusion Strategy.Sheffield City Co ...

Sheffield City Council is one of a number of councils nationally proposing to change the way that care homes are paid.Th ...

We’re going on a bear hunt! We’re going to catch a big one!” Foster toddler found the whole idea of bear hunting very ex ...

Through joint working with NHS partners, Sheffield City Council has become the first standalone local authority in the c ...

Sheffield’s adoptive parents and their families are invited to a coffee and cake morning this weekend, to thank them for ...

Toni Harrison volunteers with Sheffield City Council as an Independent Visitor, as part of a scheme to build helpful and ...

Joining thousands of people across the country taking part in Stoptober, partners are helping smokers to take their firs ...

An AAA is a swelling of the main blood vessel in the body, the aorta, which can weaken and expand and is most common in ...

Each month, more than  5,000 women are  diagnosed with breast cancer, which is one of the most common cancers in the wor ...

The volunteers, known as independent visitors, build helpful and positive relationships with young people who are in car ...

As part of International Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) awareness day, Sheffield City Council is highlighting t ...

September is National Recovery month and will be marked in Sheffield with a series of events to celebrate the hard work ...

New road traffic measures designed to help fans leave Hillsborough Stadium following Sheffield Wednesday games have been ...

Nearly 12,000 Sheffield residents and businesses have had their say on sweeping plans to clean the city’s air.   Followi ...

Sheffield City Council has been awarded an overall ‘good’ rating by Ofsted following a three-week inspection of its chil ...

Sheffield’s Health and Wellbeing Board strongly endorses the city’s current approach to air quality and the proposed ste ...

People with mental health conditions in the city are to benefit from £3m funding which will focus on their rehabilitatio ...

Today, the Lord Mayor of Sheffield, the Right Worshipful Councillor Tony Downing unveiled a plaque for one of the city’s ...

** This statement was updated at 4pm on Friday 9 August“Following assessment of Sheffield Wednesday’s proposals as submi ...

HM Inspectorate of Probation conducted a routine inspection of Sheffield Youth Justice Service (YJS), part of Sheffield ...

Mums from across the city have sent in real life accounts of their breastfeeding journey, with some only just embarking ...

Proudly volunteering at the stand will be Lee. Lee started his adoption journey just under three years ago, adopting two ...

Learning to swim is an essential life skill and in Sheffield, SIV and Places Leisure are proud to follow Swim England’s ...