Stories from around our Trust
Dad gives kidney to save daughter’s life
A father has given his daughter the ‘Gift of Life’ after donating a kidney which was then transplanted by the expert team at Birmingham Children’s Hospital.
Industrial Action Public Message - 8 March
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 Monday 13 March.
Diagnosed with Hydrocephalus at five weeks old – Mum shares Arthur’s story
When Arthur was just five weeks old, Mum Roxanne from Walsall was told he had a rare condition called Hydrocephalus, a build-up of fluid in the brain that causes severe pressure in the head.
Roxanne spoke to us about her son’s journey for Hydrocephalus Awareness Week (6 March – 12 March).
Connie Weston discusses the new ‘Switch Up’ Midwifery scheme and her role as a Lead Retention Midwife
You may have already heard the news that our Lead Retention Midwife has been crowned Star of the Month at our Trust for her contributions to the new ‘Switch Up’ scheme that she has been working on with our Communications team, to support our midwives in diversifying in their roles.
Scoliosis Surgery at 15 – Reducing anxiety for Mia before her Spinal Fusion surgery
Mia, a brave teenage patient at our Children’s Hospital recently received Spinal Fusion surgery for Scoliosis, a challenging condition which causes her spine to curve. Before surgery, Mia’s spine had a curvature of 82 degrees meaning she required a titanium rod to realign her spine from the neck down.
Latest Care Quality Commission report for our Trust
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has published its report into our Trust following an inspection of services, which took place between June and October 2022.
Bringing the outside in with an innovative green wall
All the benefits of nature are being transferred indoors at our hospitals as a new innovative living wall was installed recently as part of the Trust’s Green Plan.
Super Sedation project welcomes its 100th patient to celebrate its reduction in time spent in hospital
If you haven’t already heard the news, our Super Sedation Method, that began in 2021 to reduce waiting lists for audiology testing, has seen its 100th patient today, who has benefitted from the service.
Rare Disease Day - Combatting severe hunger and over-eating for children with Prader Willi Syndrome
Our Children’s Hospital currently looks after a cohort of 40 children with Prader Willi Syndrome (PWS), a rare condition affecting one out of every 15,000 births – our clinician recently took part in an international multi-centre study to reduce the appetite in affected children to lower levels of obesity in children with PWS.
Rare disease research at BWC to benefit from new funding
BWC is set to gain part of new funding into its rare disease research, particularly a ground-breaking study into real time genome sequencing.