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Life-saving support for babies with complex congenital heart disease will soon be available at the touch of a button, thanks to the development of a new monitoring and reporting app for parents.

Birmingham Children's Hospital is the first in the UK to provide children in clinical care with a groundbreaking treatment called Teplizumab, which delays Type 1 Diabetes.

Born at 1kg, the weight of a bag of sugar, equating to only 2.2 pounds, little Zoya went against the odds after being told several times she might not survive.

The tot has been treated by our team of Cardiac Specialist Consultants including Dr Tristan Ramcharan. Dr Christine Mott has also been supporting Zoya and her family on their palliative journey to make sure Zoya is comfortable and supported in the best way possible.

Safer Internet Day reminds us to teach children about online safety. This year's theme is ‘Too good to be true? 'Protecting yourself and others from scams online’. So, how can you help and advise your children to keep them safe online?

This week (Monday 3 – Sunday 9 February) is Tinnitus Awareness week. Tinnitus is the name for hearing noises that do not come from an outside source.

Jayne Howarth, Senior Audiologist our Children's Hospital, is part of our specialist Audiology team, which support children and young people who may be struggling with their hearing, have problems in terms of processing sound or have tinnitus.

Today (Thursday 6 February) is International day of zero tolerance for female genital mutilation (FGM)

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.