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For World Asthma Day, our Respiratory Nursing Team have been up and down the corridors of our Children’s Hospital, discussing asthma care with our colleagues, patients and families, especially around asthma training, correct inhaler technique and the importance of different inhalers.

Alongside this, Teresa Evans from our Respiratory Nursing team, who works in the community, kindly gave us an insight and example of what her day entails.

Beth Dennis, Student Nurse at our Children’s Hospital, has been awarded two coveted Student Nursing Times Awards at the ceremony in London on Thursday 25 April.

Today, we’re celebrating our Birmingham Women’s Hospital Homebirth Team 10th birthday, and Mum Rebecca is sharing her journey with a home birth for her second child.

Boxing-mad Charlie has vowed to pack a punch as a trainer after his dreams of fighting competitively were dashed following heart surgery.

Last week, BWC was proud to support hundreds of NHS Trusts in partnership with Tommy’s, the baby loss and pregnancy research charity, on ‘How to Implement a Pregnancy Loss Policy ’.  

This week, we will be celebrating our Administrative professionals as Wednesday 24 April, marks National Administrative Professionals Day which recognises the important role of secretaries, assistants, receptionists, and other departmental administrative support.  

Haley, a mum from Birmingham, wants to share her appreciation for the staff at Birmingham Women’s Hospital, who helped her when her daughter Harper was born with Brittle Bone Disease.

A partnership approach to organ transplant surgery meaning an 11-year-old boy received the perfect kidney.

Seven-year-old Albie was diagnosed with Reoccurring Respiratory Papilloma, at just three years old, and he has had 28 surgeries at Birmingham Children’s Hospital, but he's not letting his condition hold him back from following in the footsteps of his hero, David Attenborough. 

Lauren, from Burton, was diagnosed with stage four endometriosis and Adenomyosis 11 years ago and has since had multiple surgeries and different treatments.