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Rheumatology Service
Sheffield Children’s Hospital Rheumatology Service
The Rheumatology Service at the Sheffield Children’s Hospital aims to support children and families with all aspects of rheumatology care. In particular, we help you to achieve and maintain the best possible health and well-being throughout your lives.
Our team is friendly, approachable and aspires to deliver excellence in child and family-centred care.
The Rheumatology Service offers clinic appointments 5 days a week. In addition to consultant clinics, we have clinics run by our extended scope practitioners, clinics run by nurses and clinics run jointly by a nurse and a psychologist.
We have a large multi-disciplinary team whom all work together in order to provide the best, most appropriate care for our patients.
The team consists of consultants, nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, a psychologist, a pharmacist and administration support. We also work closely with the Medical Day Care unit, where a lot of our patients are seen for various treatments.
Contacts
- For questions about home care, please call 0114 271 7750
- To let us know you’ve had a blood test, to order repeat prescriptions (please give 2 weeks notice) or for questions regarding joint injections, please call 0114 271 7750
- For questions about appointments, or to pass a message on to a consultant, please call the secretaries on 0114 271 7726
- To speak to the Rheumatology Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy team, call 0114 271 7227
- We have many patients who are involved in research, if you’re interested in this, please contact the Research Department on 0114 271 7417. You may be approached to take part in research as well.
Useful links
If you or your child has been diagnosed with a rheumatological condition, you may find the following charity links helpful:
- JIA at NRAS (Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis) – www.jia.org.uk
- Lupus UK – www.lupusuk.org.uk
- Myositis UK – www.myositis.org.uk
- Scleroderma and Raynaud’s UK – www.sruk.co.uk
- Vasculitis UK – www.vasculitis.org.uk
- Versus Arthritis – www.versusarthritis.org
The Rheumatology Patient Advice Line
The Rheumatology Patient Advice Line is there to help you between appointments and is a service run by the Rheumatology Nurses and administration support from Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.
If you need help or have any questions about Paediatric Rheumatology you can call 0114 271 7786.
If your call goes to voicemail, please leave us a message and include the patient’s name, a contact telephone number and hospital number or date of birth. We will do our best to return your call within 24 to 48 hours.
You can also email rheumatology.nurses@nhs.net
Please note, this telephone number and e-mail are not for urgent medical advice or emergencies. You must contact your GP or call 111 for urgent medical advice or care, or call 999 or attend your local emergency department for an accident or an emergency.
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Disclaimer
Please note: this is a generic information sheet relating to care at Sheffield Children’s NHS FT. These details may not reflect treatment at other hospitals. This information is not intended as a substitute for professional medical care. Always follow your healthcare professionals’ instructions. If this resource relates to medicines, please read it alongside the medicine manufacturer’s patient information leaflet. If this information has been translated into another language from English, efforts have been made to maintain accuracy, but there may still be some translation errors. If you are unsure about any of the guidance in this resource or have specific questions about how it relates to your child, always ask your healthcare professional for further advice.
Resource number: RHM12
Resource Type: Article
Rheumatology Team
Tel: 0114 2717786
e-mail: rheumatology.nurses@nhs.net
Western Bank
Sheffield
S10 2TH
United Kingdom
Switchboard: 0114 271 7000
Interesting Facts
We’ve got a special MRI scanner just for teddies so children can see what it’s like before they have a scan.
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