South Yorkshire Mayor Oliver Coppard has announced the final £6 million in funding for the new National Centre for Child Health Technology (NCCHT).
It will be set up at the Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park with the aim of developing technologies to address key national strategic priorities in child health including prevention and health inequalities, children's mental health, obesity, long term conditions, children's cancer and children's disability.
Development of the centre – which has total capital funding of £20 million – will be led by Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust in partnership with Sheffield City Council and property regeneration and placemaking specialist, Scarborough Group International, with backing from the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority.
It will incorporate the Advanced Neuro-rehabilitation Centre (ANRC), an advanced testbed facility, a Creativity and Manufacturing Zone, Paediatric Technology Assessment Zone, Immersive Technologies Zone and Robotics Centre.
Coppard commented: “The NCCHT’s research will help to drive significant improvements in child health, which must be a priority, particularly for places like South Yorkshire.
“I’m really excited that our region will be home to a project that is the first of its kind, that will improve the health and lives of young children - not just in our communities, but across the country.”
