Stories from around our Trust

"Cheeky chappy" Reagan receives the Gift of Life after being diagnosed with kidney disease
Four-year-old, Reagan Woodward, is now thriving after receiving the ‘Gift of Life’ via a kidney transplant at our Children’s Hospital and his family are encouraging everyone to share their organ donation wishes.

Taslima recognised for her outstanding compassion on the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Taslima Choudhury, Sister on the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at our Women’s Hospital was one of the first DAISY award winners of 2025.

Crohn’s and me: From patient to qualified nurse, Helena’s story.
Helena Corbett has had quite the journey going from patient to nurse, all while managing Crohn’s disease.
She is now setting out to raise awareness of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBD) and to catch up with her former doctors and colleagues.

“I want to leave a positive legacy”: 29-year-old remains hopeful after testing for a rare genetic type of Dementia
Six years ago, Jordan made the decision to get tested by the Genetics Team at Birmingham Women’s Hospital for Familiar Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD), a rare type of dementia caused by a faulty gene, after sadly losing his mum to the condition when he was just 15 years old.

Children’s Hospital Eye Care Liaison Officer launches new Visual Impairment Awareness training videos
In order to support creating open conversations, she has created a video training course, alongside a tour of her clinic room to showcase what she offers. Talia also offers tips and hints for those who have a family member, friend or colleague who is visually impaired.

Lucy is our latest DAISY Award winner
Our latest DAISY winner is the wonderful Lucy Williamson, Practice Development Midwife and Specialist Midwife in Breech Birth at our Women’s Hospital.

"I'm not stopping anytime soon" - Di's nurse to volunteer story at Birmingham Children’s Hospital
Di Thomson is a well-known and a bit of a legend around our Children's Hospital, having started her nursing career at our specialist paediatric centre as a Newly Qualified Nurse in 1970

Nurse Eleanor recognised for always being by the side of patients and colleagues
A huge congratulations to the latest winner of the coveted DAISY award, Eleanor Willey, Sister on our Intensive Care Unit

Birmingham Children’s Hospital consultant leads national study to benefit patients with urine infection
A Birmingham Children’s Hospital consultant is leading the way on a national study that hopes to help young patients with urine infections.

Celebrating LGBTQ+ History Month at BWC
The month of February marks LGBTQ+ History Month across our Trust. Our colleagues have been celebrating across our sites with various online and in person events. This year’s theme is ‘activism and social change’.