BWC has been working with Over The Wall (OTW) Children's Charity to provide an outreach service for our young people and their families.This summer, OTW will be running 3 Midlands activity camps to help empower children with a health challenge.
Gemma Price, one of our Professional Midwifery Advocates (PMA) in the Practice Development Team outlines the key support we’re extending across our Trust to midwives in need of a helping hand, both professionally and personally through Professional Midwifery Advocacy.
It’s World Down Syndrome Day 2023 and we’re sharing a moment with Nicky and Blake Jones, parents from Northfield and their two-year-old daughter, Bailey, who was born with Down Syndrome.
Coming into hospital is already stressful enough, without the daunting feeling of being late for your appointment or getting lost amongst the many wards across our Women’s services.
Gemma Badland, Trainee Nursing Associate (TNA) for the Learning Disability and the Disability Intensive Care Enhanced (DICE) team at our Trust, has been nominated for a prestigious Student Nursing Times Award.
Rebecca Uddin has been a Neonatal Pathway Educator at our Children's hospital since last year and worked within neonatal care since 2013, offering valuable advice to parents and families on how to keep babies safe during sleep. We asked Rebecca for her expert advice to families and parents on providing safer sleep for infants, to improve development and reduce cases of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).
Community Midwife Angela Henry from the Quinton Lane Team first joined BWC in 2007 as a student midwife on the 18-month course, to become a midwife having been a qualified registered nurse previously. Angela shares what enticed her career path and exactly what it means to specialise in Community care.
We said hello to three-year-old Reya Mae, our 100th patient of our Super Sedation Project, and mum Maureen Bent after they visited us for the celebrations. The Super Sedation initiative offers young patients that ability to try and alternative form of sedation that is quicker, easier and less distressing to administer for young children like Reya-Mae.
Sumaya Bibi, Community Midwife and Perinatal Mental Health Champion discusses how she has gone from strength to strength since gathering experience across various roles at our Women’s Hospital Midwifery services.
