Stories from around our Trust

Eight-year-old "youngest ever" to undergo surgery to remove cancerous throat tumour
Eight-year-old Melody Brown had a cancerous tumour "the size of an orange" removed by two teams of surgeons at our Children's Hospital.

Maternal health expert awarded an MBE for services to midwifery
Professor Sara Kenyon, Professor of Evidence Based Maternity Care and a maternal health expert and midwife by background, has been appointed MBE for services to midwifery in the King’s New Year Honours list.

Forward Thinking Birmingham colleagues attend Sharing and Learning Conference
Mental Health Services recently held their first annual conference ‘Sharing and Learning’ dedicated to our International Educated Nurses. Delegates representing many of our Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Community and Inpatient teams came together for wonderful day of connection, reflection and celebration.

Investment in major project will help improve our Emergency Department
As part of a £2.3million upgrade scheme, a new fully modernised and more spacious resuscitation area will be built, enabling an increase in clinical assessment space for the department.

Two Prestigious Research Awards for Dr Suma Uday
Congratulations to Dr Suma Uday, Consultant Paediatric Endocrinologist at our Children’s Hospital and Honorary Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Birmingham, has received two highly prestigious international research awards this year

Stay safe when using fireworks this New Year's Eve
If you're bringing in 2025 with fireworks please stay safe. Read our advice from our Burns team.

Ivy Lee and family looking forward to extra special Christmas Day
For Ivy Lee and her family this Christmas Day will be extra special as, with the support of our clinical teams, Ivy Lee will spend some time in the family home in Dudley on Christmas Day.

Arlo the Trailblazer - From surgery at two days old and becoming a social media star thanks to Fancy Dress Fridays
You may recognise Arlo, the brave, strong-willed Birmingham Children’s Hospital patient who is fast becoming a social media star thanks to his Fancy Dress Fridays.

Dudley family looking forward to celebrating Christmas after expert care from our teams
Two years on from twin boys Jenson and Grayson’s magical Christmas Christening, Mum, Lindsay Warner from Dudley, reflects on her hospital experience at Christmas time , the support of staff at the Children’s hospital and what the future is looking like for her boys.

Two Forward Thinking Birmingham nurses given the prestigious title of Queen’s Nurse
Two nurses at Forward Thinking Birmingham, the city’s 0-25s Community Mental Health Services, has been given the prestigious title of Queen’s Nurse (QN) by community nursing charity The Queen’s Nursing Institute (QNI) .