The Sheffield Children's Information Service can give you information about other childcare services in the Sheffield area including after-school schemes and holiday playschemes. In areas outside Sheffield you can contact your local authority to find out about childcare services. We have considerable experience with the medical problems you may have to deal with during your student years and offer a wide range of services with an emphasis on prevention and health education. These include contraception, health checks, various screening procedures such as cervical cytology and the up-dating of vaccinations including those needed for travel abroad. Particular attention is paid to students with specific medical problems such as asthma or diabetes.
Daily appointments are available with the doctor or nurse.
Home visits are available for those too ill to attend surgery and a doctor is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week for emergencies. The Counselling Service offers students the opportunity to discuss anything relating to their academic or personal lives. Counsellors help with matters which are of great magnitude and also those which, from an outside viewpoint, seem unimportant and yet which cause great distress for the person concerned. Counselling sessions may be one-off or continue over a period of time. They are strictly confidential.