The Spark — National Centre for Child Health Technology
The £24 million Spark at Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park combines children’s outpatient healthcare with the National Centre for Child Health Technology. Its address is 1 Old Hall Road, Sheffield, S9 3TU. The map uses an approximate S9 3TU postcode-area point, not a surveyed building position.[1][2][3]
Current position
BBC reporting confirms patients have been welcomed by 15 October 2026. Earlier forecasts of a 12 October clinical opening are not treated as confirmation of the exact opening day.
Benefits
Designed to support more than 200 patients a day across outpatient services; this is intended capacity, not measured daily activity.
Research floors include home-like technology-testing rooms and a 34-camera movement laboratory supporting rehabilitation research.
The Spark has welcomed patients at Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park, bringing outpatient services together with the National Centre for Child Health Technology. The £24 million facility combines diabetes, sleep, physiotherapy and rehabilitation care with research and technology-testing spaces, including a 34-camera movement laboratory. It is designed to support more than 200 patients a day; that is capacity, not measured daily activity.