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New £24m children's healthcare facility The Spark opens in Sheffield
Overview
Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust has officially opened The Spark, a new £24m children's healthcare facility at the Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park in Attercliffe. Home to the National Centre for Child Health Technology, the four-storey building combines outpatient care with spaces for developing and testing new health technologies in real time alongside patients, clinicians, academics, and businesses.
Key points
- The Spark is a £24m facility located at the Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park in Attercliffe.
- It houses the National Centre for Child Health Technology, described as the only one of its kind in the UK.
- The facility is designed to support over 200 patients a day.
- The first two floors provide outpatient care focusing on diabetes, sleep, physiotherapy, and rehabilitation.
- The top two floors are dedicated to research and the development of new health technologies.
- Features include a test centre designed to resemble a home environment and a rehabilitation centre with 34 video cameras for monitoring and testing products.