• Babies Ivy and Isla lying face to face

    This month’s stories are not to be missed

    Meet Ivy and Isla, who became the best of friends after spending the first 50 days of their lives together on NICU and Esther, who was able to ring the end-of-treatment bell after a two-year battle with cancer.

    Read the latest BWC news

  • Staff at BWC in the new ED reception

    New ED waiting room opens as next phase of works start

    We are delighted to open our new Children’s Hospital Emergency Department (ED) waiting room as work begins on the next exciting phase of our multi-million-pound improvement programme.

    Find out more about our new waiting room

  • Midwives walking down a hospital corridor

    New Antenatal Education Hub

    Our Antenatal Education Hub is designed to support you at every stage of your pregnancy and beyond, with everything from useful leaflets and website resources to workshops and classes.

    Visit the Hub

Stories from around our Trust

Ivy and Isla together in a pram as babies
Premature babies who met on NICU are best friends forever

After spending the first 50 days of their lives together on the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), premature babies Ivy-Rae  and Isla-Rose have become best friends for life....

Baby Noah and his big brother Ethan lying facing each other
Baby Noah fights on after op by surgeons to repair hole

The parents of a baby born with a hole in his diaphragm have thanked surgeons for the life-saving operation which he underwent just a week after he was born....

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Celebrating the first National Children’s Nurses Day in Birmingham

Today (Tuesday 30 June) is the very first National Children’s Nurses Day, a significant and special moment for us at Birmingham Children’s Hospital....

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How a snap of a dirty nappy could detect liver condition

Researchers are appealing for new parents to share pictures of their baby’s poo – in the hope it will help with early detection of rare liver disease. ...