Stories from around our Trust
Celebrating International Women in Engineering Day
Today (Friday 23 June) we are proudly celebrating International Women in Engineering Day.
Birmingham Women’s Hospital offering new Group B Strep Screening for expectant mothers
Birmingham Women’s Hospital is the first hospital to offer Group B Streptococcus screening to mothers in Birmingham, as part of a national research trial.
New Dean at Aston Medical School
Our partners at Aston University has appointed Professor Eamonn Maher as the new Dean of Aston Medical School.
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Awareness Month: A journey of advocacy and education
Angela Andrews, a dedicated trustee of CMV Action, registered nurse, midwife, and mother to a child affected by congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV), is a passionate advocate at our Women’s Hospital; raising awareness about the virus.
Industrial Action June 2023
The British Medical Association is taking industrial action across the UK as part of its dispute over pay with the Government.
Postgraduate Doctors (Junior Doctors) will be striking for three days from Wednesday 14 June until 7am on Saturday 17 June.
This will mean that some of our services such as outpatient clinics and some procedures like surgery will be affected during this time and in the days before and after the industrial action.
We will be contacting anyone whose care will be affected.
Nurse Aimee Taylor commended by the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare for outstanding contributions
Aimee Taylor, Gynaecology Clinical Nurse Specialist from our Women’s Hospital is one of the exceptional nurses recognised in the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (FSRH) Nurse Spotlight campaign - being highly commended for her outstanding contributions to sexual and reproductive healthcare.
For six-year-old Lizzy and her family there was nowhere to go but everywhere
The open road was calling to Julia Cook, Specialist Pain Nurse at our Children's Hospital, who is currently driving through Europe and beyond with her family, after being given a 12-month sabbatical.
Diversifying at BWC – Health Care Assistant Kelly Price shares her Trust journey and professional advancement
Our Women's and Children's Hospital is renowned for its dedicated colleagues who play a vital role in ensuring the wellbeing of our patients. Among the compassionate individuals making a difference is Kelly Price, a valued Health Care Assistant (HCA) at our Women’s Hospital Fertility Centre.
International trial to reduce childbirth-related bleeding deaths – Professor discuss the ‘E-MOTIVE’ intervention
A ground-breaking study published by researchers from the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the University of Birmingham reveals that a new solution, known as E-MOTIVE, could be a significant breakthrough in reducing deaths caused by childbirth-related bleeding.