A NEW helicopter landing pad could be created to allow a specialist team of doctors and nurses to offer around the clock transport service to critically ill babies and children.
The Sheffield Children's Hospital Embrace Team has applied to the council for the construction of the helipad next to the Embrace Centre at Capitol Park, Dodworth, at the side of the M1.
The application said the use of an air ambulance helicopter will enable the team to move specialist medical teams and equipment quickly to the sickest patients throughout Yorkshire and Humber.
It will also allow the transfer of patients who require care in another hospital in a quick and efficient manner while providing medical stabilisation of the patient during the journey.
The proposal is the construction a new 25x25 metre helipad on a vacant plot, and create a pathway from the Embrace Centre to it.
Access will be via the main park entrance.
