Stories from around our Trust

BCH Physio brings home a medal from the Touch Rugby World Cup
Birmingham Children's Hospital Physio Claire Rylance played Touch Rugby for England in the same city where the Transplant Games, aimed at celebrating those that have received the gift of life are happening this year, Nottingham.

By your side: Mentors and Mentees celebrate
Last week mentors and mentees gathered at Birmingham Children’s Hospital for a celebration marking their completion of their mentorship.

BWC named on Stonewall Top 100 list
Stonewall, Europe’s largest charity for lesbian, gay, bi, trans and queer rights, launched its widely anticipated Top 100 Employers List and Birmingham Woman’s and Children’s NHS Trust was recognised for its work in supporting LGBTQ+ staff to be themselves at work.

Our second annual Learning Disabilities and Autism Conference proves a sell-out success
At the end of last month, our Trust hosted our second annual Learning Disability and Autism Conference.

Children’s Hospital and Aston University to get new child-friendly brain imaging facility
Our Children’s Hospital and Aston University Institute of Health of Neurodevelopment (IHN) are to get a new, child-friendly magnetoencephalography (MEG) brain scanner.

Forward Thinking Birmingham announce refurbishment and temporary closure of Oaklands Hub
As part of the development of mental health services in Birmingham, the Oaklands hub is going to be undergoing refurbishment.

New Mum welcomes first child after endometriosis infertility struggles
New mum Codie welcomed her first child Noelle at Birmingham Women’s Hospital following years of infertility struggles caused by endometriosis.

Services unaffected by global IT issues
We are aware of the global IT outages that are causing issues for a number of sectors nationally and locally.

New £3m Charity appeal announced to transform the entrance of Birmingham Children’s Hospital
Birmingham Children’s Hospital Charity was joined by patient mum, Liz Hession, from Wellesbourne, today, at the launch of a new £3m appeal – It Starts Here – to transform the hospital’s front entrance to reduce the fear and anxiety of patients – like Liz’s four-year-old son, Seb – ahead of appointments.

Date set for the relocation of FTB’s East Hub from Blakesley Centre to Washwood Heath Health and Wellbeing Centre
As part of our ongoing review of FTB's facilities, and in response to feedback, we know that the Blakesley Centre doesn’t offer the right environment and facilities to effectively meet your healthcare needs. We base this view not only on the valuable input we have received from you, as our service users and carers, but it is also very clear from our recent CQC report.