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Our Children’s Hospital Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) team in our Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) are marking World Heart Month this year by looking back on all the achievements of both the unit, colleagues, former colleagues and patients and families.

A member of our Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) mental health team has been collaborating on important research to establish whether banning smartphones from schools makes a difference to young people’s wellbeing.

Here at BWC we are proud to mark Race Equality week with various in person and online events for our colleagues including a visit from Richard Grant: Dreadlock Alien and the 10^th Birmingham Poet Laureate, and the Race Equality Matters Five-Day challenge, which families can get involved with.

A professor at our Women’s Hospital is working on research in order to help tackle inequalities in maternity outcomes.

Mr Doug Wright MBE DL, High Sheriff of the County of West Midlands recently visited Birmingham Women’s Hospital and received a special tour of parts of the hospital, alongside hearing from members of the staff on some of the key projects going on.

Newly qualified intensive care nurse Beth Dennis has recently released the second wave of her educational flashcards for student nurses to support them in their nursing journey. 

Our Children’s Hospital’s Gastroenterology team have been awarded Best Training Unit in the coveted West Midlands Annual Paediatric Awards For Training Achievements (PAFTAs).  

Our Trust’s Pregnancy and Baby Loss policy, the first of its kind in our NHS when launched in 2021, has been cited in a Government report calling for positive change in national employment law.  

A study led by Dr Prasad Nagakumar, Paediatric Respiratory Consultant at Birmingham Children’s Hospital and Aston University’s Dr Gemma Heath has shown that treatment and diagnosis for preschool wheeze needs more effective evidence-based guidelines.