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Daljit Athwal, Chief Officer for Nursing and Midwifery, shares a message as we celebrate for Nursing and Midwifery for International Nurses Day, International Day of the Midwife and National ODP Day.

Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust (BWC) is a proud signatory and supporter of the NHS Universal Family Programme (Care Leaver Covenant) and recently held a special Employability event for young people.

Five-year-old Baz has recently returned to school following treatment at Birmingham Children’s Hospital for aplastic anaemia.

Rev Cassius Francis, our Chaplaincy Bereavement Care Lead, recently sat down with us during Dying Matters Week (5 - 11 May) and explained how our services can help people during the most challenging of times when they have lost a loved one.

The West Midlands Cleft Lip and Palate service, based at Birmingham Children’s Hospital, is marking 25 years of supporting young people and families across the region   

We’d like to wish a huge ‘congratulations’ to the latest winner of our coveted DAISY Award, Tshepo Samuel Mokgosi, a Senior Mental Health Practitioner, who supports young people from our Forward Thinking Birmingham, West Core Community Mental Health Team at our Finch Road hub. 

A report based on feedback from young people, parents and carers and health and care organisations in Birmingham and Solihull has revealed that improving access to mental health services as well as early help and prevention are vital to improving the lives of children and young people in Birmingham and Solihull.

To celebrate World Breast Milk Donation Day, our Women’s Hospital’s milk bank and neonatal teams are celebrating and thanking all the incredible donors who have donated their breast milk.

This Thursday (15 May) our Trust goes live with a new transformational Electronic Patient Record across our hospitals.

Birmingham Children’s Hospital have recently achieved Stage One of the Baby Friendly Initiative (BFI) from UNICEF UK, after their dedication to infant feeding.