Stories from around our Trust
LGBTQ+ Staff Network wins prestigious Gaydio Pride Award
Our BWC LGBTQ+ Staff Network has won the Employee Pride Network of the Year award at the recent Gaydio Pride Awards – beating a host of larger organisations to the title.
Delivery to Dublin – Teaming up to transport milk donations to neonatal babies overseas
We’re incredibly proud of the combined efforts seen at our Women’s Hospital Milk Bank after teaming up to deliver four litres of donor breast milk to sick babies on neonatal units overseas at the Coombe Women’s Hospital in Ireland, Dublin.
From patient to nurse – Lauren has career inspiration from her cancer care
A soon-to-be qualified nurse at Birmingham Children’s Hospital has been inspired to a career in nursing after receiving care at the city’s specialist centre following a cancer diagnosis 10 years ago.
New pilot project reduces ‘was not brought’ rates for children with hospital appointments
A new study has removed barriers to disadvantaged children attending their hospital appointments to get the care they need.
A Guide: Succeeding in your midwifery preceptorship
Student or Band 5 Midwives across the country will be looking to complete their 6-12 month midwifery preceptorship, which allows newly qualified staff to transition to becoming a fully qualified professional midwife.
FGM Awareness Day - A cultural procedure that creates life-long trauma and damage for women
Globally, 200 million women and girls have undergone Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) across 30 countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia. Despite misconceptions, FGM is a cultural procedure and is not a religious ritual – however, some practitioners use religious text to justify female circumcision in women’s health.
From Birmingham Children's Hospital to the Ice Hockey rink – Bayley's inspirational journey
A 10-year-old from Wolverhampton is dreaming of skating to ice hockey stardom after overcoming the challenges he’s faced throughout this life due to a rare condition that’s meant he’s needed seven operations at Birmingham Children’s Hospital.
Cervical Screening Myth Busters with Philip Toozs-Hobson, Consultant Gynaecologist
For Cervical Cancer Awareness Week, we caught up with Dr Philip Tooz-Hobson, Consultant Gynaecologist at our Women’s Hospital to address some of the myths around having your cervical screening smear, to assess female sexual health.