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A new mum has donated more than 160 pints (90 litres) of breast milk to our Women's Hospital which has helped to nurse seriously ill babies across the West Midlands and beyond. 

A new mum has become the first in Europe to be recruited into a world-first clinical trial which could prevent infant deaths and stillbirths from a life-threatening bacterial infection.  

Our Trust has today (Thursday 1 October) become the first in England to start screening newborn babies for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a rare but serious genetic condition.

Congratulation to Claire Hollis - who's received the international DAISY Award for delivering outstanding care.

Our Trust has welcomed Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s announcement of two weeks' bereavement leave for those who have lost their baby.

Our Children’s Hospital is backing Organ Donation Week by sharing the inspiring stories of young patients whose lives have been transformed by the Gift of Life.

Rachel Shanahan, a children’s nurse at our Children’s Hospital, was recently named as a winner in the prestigious national 2026 WellChild Awards.

The mum of a liver transplant patient has thanked the donor family who helped them to celebrate birthdays and Christmases that once felt impossible. 

Twelve years after becoming the first child to ring  the  End of Treatment Bell  at Birmingham Children’s Hospital ’s  specialist Cancer Unit , former patient Darcy Blakeman is celebrating her A Level results and looking forward to starting university.  

Clinicians at our Children’s Hospital have collaborated on new oral-health videos to protect children with heart disease from preventable infection.