A big thank you to Alan Apolakiatis who braved the skies for a pre-Christmas skydive on Saturday 11th December. Alan has managed to raise over £1,000 for Neurocare thanks to the generosity of his family and friends. Every penny makes a huge difference in helping those with head injuries, brain tumours and other neurological conditions. We [...]
EARLIER in August, Neurocare held their annual charity golf day – sponsored by IFM insurance. The competition was won by Mark Bingham, who has been a long term supporter of Neurocare, and his team. But Mark, who was joined in his team by his dad, Kevin, brother, Lee, and step-brother, Dean Hopkinson, is not stopping [...]
Businesses across Sheffield came together earlier this month at Hallamshire Golf Club and battled it out on the 18-hole course. The annual event, which has been supported by IFM Insurance since 2016, has raised a grand total of £132,111 over the years and more than £28,100 from this month’s Golf Day alone (the most money [...]
At Neurocare, we love hearing about the different roles that make up the incredible neuroscience services at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals. Janet Pearson is a Highly Specialist Clinical Neurophysiologist and Epilepsy Surgery Co-Ordinator at the Department of Neurophysiology at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital. On Monday 26th July 2021, Janet will be celebrating her 50th work anniversary, [...]
Tom Stoker and his family and friends have been part of #TeamNeurocare for many years, taking on fundraising challenges and events to support neuro patients and their families across Sheffield. Tom wanted to fundraise for Neurocare after being diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2011, and receiving surgery and ongoing treatment at the Royal Hallamshire [...]
For #BrainTumourAwarenessMonth 2021, we've put together a series of short films with brain tumour survivor and Neurocare supporter, Deb Peacock. In the first film, Deb talks about her experience getting diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2017 and her experience after the terrifying diagnosis. Thank you so much to Deb for sharing your story with [...]
Three local Sheffield sisters have just completed a mammoth challenge to raise funds to support neurological patients in Sheffield, in honour of their Dad. When Greg Thomas fell ill at the end of 2020, his three daughters, Chloe, Kayleigh and Natalie decided to do their bit to raise money for the neurology team who have [...]
As part of Sheffield Hospitals Charity, we're committed to standing with our neuroscience colleagues at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals - that is true at all times, but over the past year, and with the challenges that have been faced as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the need for us to do that has been even [...]
University of Sheffield researchers have been looking at new ways to track the effects of motor neurone disease (MND) on the body. Researchers from Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN) used an advanced imaging technique called 31-phosphorus magnetic resonance spectroscopy, to measure chemicals that are crucial to energy metabolism in the cell. Researchers are able [...]
As part of Neurocare November, we're highlighting just some of the amazing NHS staff who care for patients with a range of neurological conditions in Sheffield Teaching Hospitals’ neuroscience departments. Last time, Emma Foster told us her story of working as a Senior Clinical Nurse Specialist in Progressive Ataxias, which you can read here. This [...]
