A Major Milestone for the National Centre for Child Health Technology
by Anna Lingard
Marketing Manager
We’re excited to see the next major milestone in the delivery of Sheffield Children’s National Centre for Child Health Technology (NCCHT), with the structural steel frame now in place at Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park.
Our involvement in the NCCHT builds on years of work shaping the masterplan for the Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park with Scarborough Group International, including the design and delivery of the Steel City Stadium. Positioned as a flagship gateway building to the park, the NCCHT will be the world’s leading research centre for children’s health – and it’s hugely rewarding to see this vision becoming reality.
The new building will bring together world-leading research, clinical innovation, and immersive technologies to revolutionise care for children and young people. Fully integrated with Sheffield Children’s existing services, the Centre will provide care for around 200 children and young people every day, setting a new benchmark for child health and wellbeing.
Key design features include:
- Flexible research and clinical zones
- Immersive technology and robotics labs
- Simulated home and hospital environments
- Community physiotherapy outpatient clinics
- Specialist gait analysis equipment
- Targeting BREEAM Excellent for sustainable performance
More than just a building, the NCCHT will create a unique ecosystem where clinicians, academics, industry experts, children and families come together. It’s a place designed to spark ideas, test innovations, and improve lives.
Our approach has been shaped through engagement with Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, HLM Architects, Council stakeholders and clinical partners, to ensure the building reflects both its role as a pioneering research facility and a welcoming, child-focused place.
Children and young people were the first to sign the steel frame, writing their hopes for the future of healthcare and symbolising the NCCHT’s mission: advancing healthcare for children, with children.
"As a practice rooted in the Sheffield City Region, it’s fantastic to see this project progressing on the Olympic Legacy Park – a place we’ve been proud to shape over a number of years through contributions to the evolving masterplan. Seeing the NCCHT take form here is hugely rewarding, and it’s inspiring to know the difference it will make for children, young people and the wider community. This milestone reflects the strength of collaboration across Sheffield and the wider region. We’re proud to be working with HLM Architects, Henry Boot Construction, Arup, Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust and academic partners – all of whom have deep local ties and a shared commitment to the city. Each partner brings not only technical expertise and innovation, but also an understanding of the communities this centre is designed to serve, ensuring the project is truly rooted in place."
Managing Executive Director
Due to open in summer 2026, in time for Sheffield Children’s 150th anniversary, the Centre will not only redefine paediatric healthcare but also bring lasting benefits for Sheffield and beyond, from skills and employment to attracting talent and investment into the city.
We’re proud to be playing our part in bringing this vision to life and can’t wait to share the next steps in this journey.
“We are building on 150 years of Sheffield Children’s to lay a strong foundation for the next 150 years and beyond. I’m incredibly proud that we are working collaboratively – with the ambition that young people truly deserve – to create a world-leading research and technology centre that will help reimagine the future of children’s healthcare. Writing our vision and values into the very fabric of the building is a powerful moment – it shows our commitment to working in exciting new ways whilst staying true to the purpose and principals that have led us here.”
Chief Executive at Sheffield Children's