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We’ve been inspired this week by our esteemed colleague Professor Shakila Thangaratinam, who will be Research and Development Lead for our Women’s Hospital and Deputy Director of Research and Development for the Trust.

BWC are coming together with GPs, hospitals, and schools from across Birmingham in order to provide asthma care to children in the most deprived areas of the city.

This week we were inspired by a special little boy named Alfred and his story about living with Neurofibromatosis – a genetic condition causing benign tumours (neurofibromas) a

BWC's unique offer of support for colleagues who suffer pregnancy loss or have a baby born prematurely has been shortlisted in the Staff Wellbeing category of this year's Health Service Journal Awards.

Across our Obstetrics Department, our team have been awarded their Acorns Improvement Award for their year-long campaign to improve the process for assisted vaginal birth across our Women’s Hospital.

Our Laparoscopy and Gynaecology teams have earned British Society of Gynaecological Endoscopy accreditation for their care of patients with endometriosis.

It was worth the wait. After a break since 2019 due to the COVID-19 pandemic the Team BCH superstars have enjoyed a golden British Transplant Games and have left Leeds with the Best Children’s Team title for an amazing 24^th year running.

Birmingham Children’s Hospital welcomed a visit from the Queen’s Baton Relay this morning (Thursday 28 July), as it began its final leg of the journey towards the Opening Ceremony at Alexander Stadium.

We caught up with esteemed colleagues Mr Michael Singh, Consultant Paediatric Surgeon, Dr Gerard Millen, Paediatric Oncologist and Dr Suma Uday, Consultant Endocrinologist from our Children’s Hospital, about the exciting Commonwealth Baton Relay that took place earlier this morning.

The Children’s Hospital will kick-start the final leg of the Queen’s Baton Relay as it makes its final journey to the opening ceremony for the Commonwealth Games tomorrow (28/7).