Editing Sheffield (section)

==Public services==
[[File:Royal Hallamshire Hospital and 'B' Road, viewed from Glossop Road, Broomhill, Sheffield - geograph-3813556.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.75|The [[Royal Hallamshire Hospital]]]]
[[File:Sheffield Graves Art Gallery & Central Library.jpg|thumb|right|[[Sheffield Central Library]]]]
[[File:South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service HQ.png|thumb|right|[[South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue|South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue]] HQ]]
Sheffield is policed by [[South Yorkshire Police]] (a [[territorial police force]]) whose headquarters are in the city. Sheffield constitutes one of its four District commands (Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham being the other three).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.southyorkshire.police.uk/ |title=South Yorkshire Police |publisher=Southyorkshire.police.uk |access-date=3 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004222429/http://www.southyorkshire.police.uk/ |archive-date=4 October 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> The force polices an area of approximately {{cvt|1554|km2|order=flip}} and is the 13th-largest force in [[Police forces in the United Kingdom|England, Wales and Northern Ireland]]. Oversight of South Yorkshire Police is conducted by the Police and Crime Commissioner, [[Alan Billings]].

Medical services in Sheffield are provided by three NHS Foundation Trusts: 
*[[Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust]] 
*[[Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust]] 
*Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides healthcare to people (primarily adults) throughout Sheffield and South Yorkshire. The trusts title includes the word 'teaching' because it undertakes training of medical students at the University of Sheffield and has strong links to Sheffield Hallam University as well. The trust has two campuses: The West Campus containing the [[Royal Hallamshire Hospital]], the Jessop Wing (maternity wing), [[Weston Park Hospital]] (specialist cancer treatment) and [[Charles Clifford Dental Hospital]]. The [[Northern General Hospital]] is the second 'campus' and is a large facility in the northern suburbs of Sheffield, containing the city's A&E department. Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust provides healthcare for children within the city of Sheffield, South Yorkshire and the UK as a whole.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sheffieldchildrens.nhs.uk/about-us |title=About Us |publisher=Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust |access-date=13 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004225643/http://www.sheffieldchildrens.nhs.uk/about-us |archive-date=4 October 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> On 12 June 2020, 66 confirmed deaths caused by the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom|coronavirus]] were reported in the [[Burngreave (ward)#Fir Vale|Crabtree and Fir Vale district]] in the three months up to May 2020. The [[Office for National Statistics]] said this was the highest number of coronavirus deaths of any area of England and Wales.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}<ref>{{cite news |date=16 June 2020 |title=Majority of Fir Vale Covid-19 deaths associated with care homes, say NHS officials |url=https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/politics/council/majority-of-fir-vale-covid-19-deaths-associated-with-care-homes-say-nhs-officials-2886422}}</ref>

Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services, services for people with learning disabilities, substance misuse services, long term neurological conditions, as well as a consortium of GP practises.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sct.nhs.uk/ |title=SHSC – |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20150401090022/http%3A//www.sct.nhs.uk/ |archive-date=1 April 2015}}</ref> The Sheffield Institute for Motor Neurone Disease (also known as Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience – SITraN) has been developed by the University of Sheffield.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sifoundation.com/index.htm |title=SI Foundation MND |publisher=Sifoundation.com |date=13 September 2011 |access-date=3 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716070133/http://www.sifoundation.com/index.htm |archive-date=16 July 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Ambulances are provided by the [[Yorkshire Ambulance Service]], which itself is an NHS trust.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.yas.nhs.uk/AboutUs/aboutus.html |title=About Us |access-date=30 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090518120423/http://www.yas.nhs.uk/AboutUs/aboutus.html |archive-date=18 May 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Fire services in Sheffield are provided by [[South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service]]. For the purposes of fire-fighting and rescue, Sheffield is divided into East and West sub-divisions.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.syfire.gov.uk/389.asp |title=District areas |publisher=Syfire.gov.uk |date=1 April 1974 |access-date=3 October 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302190758/http://www.syfire.gov.uk/389.asp |archive-date=2 March 2014}}</ref>

[[Sheffield City Council]] is responsible for running fifteen libraries within the city and the Hospital Library Service at Weston Park Hospital. A further sixteen are run by community and volunteer groups with over 1,000 volunteers trained by Sheffield City Council.<ref>{{cite web |date=6 July 2023 |title=Our libraries |url=https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/libraries-archives/our-libraries |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129112749/https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/libraries-archives/our-libraries |archive-date=29 January 2023 |access-date=6 July 2023 |publisher=Sheffield City Council}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=14 April 2016 |title=Community libraries in Sheffield |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/case-studies/community-libraries-in-sheffield |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220302170312/https://www.gov.uk/government/case-studies/community-libraries-in-sheffield |archive-date=2 March 2022 |access-date=6 July 2023 |website=GOV.UK }}</ref> The largest is [[Sheffield Central Library]] which is collocated with [[Graves Art Gallery]] on Surrey Street, in [[Sheffield City Centre]]. The Sheffield Central Library also contains the Local Studies Library with 30,000 items related to local history.

Domestic waste services in Sheffield are provided by [[Veolia#Veolia Environmental Services|Veolia Environmental Services]] under contract from and on behalf of the council. Council owned/run buildings are maintained by [[Kier Group|Kier Group Sheffield]] in partnership with the council.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kier Sheffield Receives Award for its Health & Safety Approach |url=http://www.kier.co.uk/press-office/press-release/2013/07-05-2013.aspx |website=Kier |access-date=14 May 2018 |archive-date=24 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220824053006/https://www.kier.co.uk/media/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Kier Partnership Homes appointed for Sheffield Housing Development |url=http://www.kier.co.uk/press-office/press-release/2013/24-01-2013.aspx |website=Kier |access-date=14 May 2018 |archive-date=24 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220824052952/https://www.kier.co.uk/media/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Sheffield has a District Energy system that exploits the city's domestic waste, by [[Sheffield Incinerator|incinerating]] it and converting the energy from it to electricity. It also provides hot water, which is distributed through over {{cvt|25|mi|km|-1}} of pipes under the city, via two networks. These networks supply heat and hot water for many buildings throughout the city. These include not only cinemas, hospitals, shops and offices, but also universities (Sheffield Hallam University and the University of Sheffield), and residential properties.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.energy.rochester.edu/uk/sheffield/ |title=Sheffield Heat and Power |last=Pierce |first=Morris&nbsp;A. |year=1996 |work=District Energy in Great Britain |publisher=World Wide Web Virtual Library for District Energy |access-date=19 July 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090421220354/http://www.energy.rochester.edu/uk/sheffield/ |archive-date=21 April 2009}}</ref> Energy generated in a waste plant produces 60&nbsp;[[megawatt]]s of thermal energy and up to 19&nbsp;[[megawatt]]s of electrical energy from 225,000&nbsp;[[tonnes]] of waste.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.veoliaenvironmentalservices.co.uk/sheffield/pages/district_facts.asp |title=Facts & Figures |work=Veolia Environmental Services website |publisher=Veolia Environmental Services |access-date=6 August 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090425210948/http://www.veoliaenvironmentalservices.co.uk/sheffield/pages/district_facts.asp |archive-date=25 April 2009}}</ref>