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Every year hundreds of lives are saved because of donated organs like hearts and kidneys. It’s not so widely known that donated tissue such as skin, bone and corneas can also save or dramatically improve lives. For Organ Donation Week (18 - 24 September), we spoke to Sarah Derbyshire-Kripp about her mum Joan - the first tissue donor at Barnsley Hospital.

Two people who were waiting for organ transplants are now walking around fit and well, after 56-year-old care worker Cathy Boydell Sheldon donated her kidneys and heart valves. In Organ Donation Week (18-24 September), Cathy’s sister Anne Sewell told her heart-breaking story.

As the new school year begins, NHS South Yorkshire’s Children and Young People’s Alliance are calling upon schools across the region to join a new initiative named ‘Asthma Friendly Schools’ as part of the Excellent Asthma Care Programme. 

South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) are undertaking a review of Patient Transport Services. The ICB are seeking feedback from patients who have recently used the service. 

Highways resurfacing works will take place on Gawber Road, Sackville Street, and Victoria Road from Tuesday 29 August 2023.

We are pleased to announce that the next meeting of the Trust’s Board of Directors, held in public will be starting at 9.30am on Thursday 3 August 2023, at Barnsley College Business Centre, County Way, Barnsley S70 2JW.

The next Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Council of Governors meeting will be held in public on Wednesday 26 July 2023 commencing at 3.00 pm at the Rigby Suite, Metrodome Leisure Complex, Queens Road, Barnsley, S71 1AN.   

Working in partnership with Barnsley Hospital and The Rotherham Hospital, colleagues at Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals are leading the programme to implement a new, dedicated orthopaedic hub for the people of South Yorkshire.