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This World Kidney day Sarah Hall, mum of Jaxon Bennett shares the story of how Jaxon was able to get his life back through the kidney she had donated to him.

After being diagnosed with Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus , baby Romi never let her illness hold her back and is now doing well as she approaches her first birthday , thanks to the team at Birmingham Children’s Hospital.

After years of searching for answers, experts at Birmingham Children's Hospital told Mum Kelly and Dad Mike that their five-year-old son Oscar has an extremely rare genetic disease called Creatine Transporter Deficiency (CTD).

Over the coming week, some of our Postgraduate Doctors are taking industrial action across the UK as part of its dispute over pay and conditions with the Government.  

Sickle cell patients attending Birmingham Children’s Hospital will benefit from a new red blood cell exchange device being delivered as part of a national boost in funding.

Baby Thomas was diagnosed with suspected Botulism, a rare but life-threatening condition caused by botulinum toxin. The toxin’s spores are sometimes, though very rarely, found in soil and dust and is the chemical used in the production of Botox.

A brave nine-year-old Birmingham Children’s Hospital patient is doing all she can to raise awareness of the sometimes ‘hidden’ sickle cell disease (SCD) – a serious and lifelong condition that affects red blood cells.  

The Trust has welcomed a new lead for strategy and innovation at BWC.

Our Milk Bank is calling for more donors to provide breast milk to babies in our neonatal unit and provide to hospitals across the West Midlands.