National Centre for Child Health Technology to revolutionise the way healthcare for children and young people is approached.
We are delighted to see the next major milestone in the development of Sheffield Children’s National Centre for Child Health Technology (NCCHT) – with the structural steel frame now installed at the Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park.
This visionary project aims to revolutionise the way healthcare for children and young people is approached. Working in close collaboration with Whittam Cox Architects, the new building has been shaped to support world-class research, clinical innovation, and immersive technologies. Fully integrated with Sheffield Children’s existing healthcare provision, the NCCHT will deliver care to 200 children and young people every day. This purpose-built facility is taking shape and will soon become a national beacon for child health and well-being.
Key design features include:
- Flexible research & clinical zones
- Immersive tech & robotics labs
- Simulated home and hospital environments
- Targeting BREEAM Excellent for sustainable performance
- Community Physiotherapy Outpatient Clinics
- Specialist Gait Analysis equipment
The National Centre for Child Health Technology will bring together world leading experts from across academia, healthcare, industry and technology, and most importantly, children and their families. This unique collaboration will create a vibrant ecosystem where ideas can flourish, and new technologies can be developed to improve the lives of young people.
Ruth Brown, Chief Executive at Sheffield Children’s said: “We are building on 150 years of Sheffield Children’s to lay a strong foundation for the next 150 years and beyond. I’m incredibly proud that we are working collaboratively – with the ambition that young people truly deserve – to create a world-leading research and technology centre that will help reimagine the future of children’s healthcare. Writing our vision and values into the very fabric of the building is a powerful moment – it shows our commitment to working in exciting new ways whilst staying true to the purpose and principals that have led us here.”
Equipped with state-of-the-art technologies and modern facilities the building will provide the highest quality care for children and young people locally and nationally and will put new healthcare technologies at the heart of service and care delivery.
Neil Orpwood, Head of Healthcare said “Collaboration has been at the very heart of this journey, the teams at HLM and Whittam Cox Architects have worked alongside Henry Boot Construction, Arup, and stakeholders from Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust and academic partners. The NCCHT will be truly innovative, not only in the cutting-edge healthcare services it will provide but the very building itself will embed innovative sustainable construction and environmental goals throughout its execution”.
The new facility is scheduled to open in the summer of 2026 – aligning with Sheffield Children’s 150th anniversary. Located at the Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park, the Centre will also have a positive impact on the local community by driving employment and skills development. It will serve as a beacon of world-class healthcare and innovation, attracting talent and investment to the region.
As this transformative project moves forward, we are excited to continue working with Sheffield Children’s and our project partners to bring this vision to life; a healing and therapeutic environment that will provide a healthier future for children in Sheffield and beyond.
Watch this space for more exciting milestone updates!
