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Two trainee ACPs practice their clinical skills

How advanced practice will help build an NHS fit for the future

This week, the University of Sheffield is shining a light on the benefits advanced clinical practice offers to both students and NHS Trusts, as it joins in with Advanced Practice Week (11 - 17 November).
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Government urged to tackle preschool provision crisis amid warnings hundreds of thousands of children are not ‘school ready’

The Government is being urged to tackle the high number of children starting school not ‘school ready’, in a new report co-authored by researchers at the University of Sheffield. 
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New report reveals inequalities faced by women in the North of England

A new report finds that women in the North of England are more likely to live in poverty, work more hours for less pay, are more likely to be unpaid carers and live shorter lives than women in other regions of England.
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New Pharmacy degree set to tackle local and national healthcare shortages

A new Pharmacy degree at the University of Sheffield will help to address local and national healthcare needs.
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Mentioning Dementia

In July this year the School (Division) of Nursing and Midwifery supported the first ever national dementia spoken word event.
Orthoptics researchers

Sheffield students first in the world to study new medicines module for orthoptists

Students from the University of Sheffield are the first in the world to study a new module for orthoptists, which will allow them to independently supply certain medicines to patients.
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Mixed-Realities Play Kit

Led by Leeds based company Dubit, the project - Mixed-Realities Play Kit to Prepare Children Aged 4-10 for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) - brings together expertise from the University of Sheffield, the Royal College of Art, Glasgow School of Art and Sheffield Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
Orthoptics researchers

BMA Patient Information Awards 2018

We were proud that the University of Sheffield Nystagmus Information Pack was ‘highly commended’ in the BMA Patient Information Awards 2018.
Human Communication Sciences building with welcome sign.

HCS PhD students have an intensive two days of research activities

PhD students from Human Communication Sciences had an intensive two days of research activity as they held their annual series of PhD conference events on 2nd and 3rd July 2018.