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    Grab a copy of October's talk BWC

    This month, we're meeting Vian, whose treatment has inspired her to help others; baby Louie, who was born weighing just 490g and Darcy, the first patient to ring our end-of-treatment bell, who is now off to university.

    Download your free copy

  • Baby sleeping in a NICU cot

    Introducing Our Milk Bank

    Our Human Milk Bank is the only one in the West Midlands, providing donor breast milk to our own neonatal babies, as well as to hospitals around the region and beyond.

    Find out more about our Milk Bank

Stories from around our Trust

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NHS Employers Chief Executive visits patients and staff to hear their views

The Chief Executive of NHS Employers met with patients and staff at our Children’s Hospital to find out how they are shaping the future of healthcare. ...

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Mum donates over 160 pints of breast milk to help sick and premature babies

A new mum has donated more than 160 pints (90 litres) of breast milk to our Women's Hospital which has helped to nurse seriously ill babies across the West Midlands and beyond. ...

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Clinical trial could lead to world’s first vaccine against life-threatening virus

A new mum has become the first in Europe to be recruited into a world-first clinical trial which could prevent infant deaths and stillbirths from a life-threatening bacterial infection.  ...

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West Midlands laboratory is first to begin newborn screening for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)

Our Trust has today (Thursday 1 October) become the first in England to start screening newborn babies for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a rare but serious genetic condition....