Stories from around our Trust
DHSC’s Doug Gurr praises ‘world-class expertise’ of Children’s Hospital staff
Doug Gurr, Non executive director for the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has praised the ‘passion, commitment and world-class expertise’ of staff, following a recent visit to Birmingham Children’s Hospital.
National Crohn’s and Colitis Week: Normalising those important conversations with Dr Rafeeq
We’re marking National Crohn’s and Colitis Week (1-7 December) by raising awareness and education on chronic inflammatory bowel diseases, so that those with diseases such Crohn’s and ulcerative Colitis do not have to face these challenges alone.
Innovative end-of-life role made possible after charitable support
An innovative clinical role which cares for children with life-limiting conditions has to be introduced permanently in Birmingham.
Supporting family-integrated care for premature birth - Neonatal Nurse Taslima Choudhury shares her insights with the British Medical Journal
Neonatal Intensive Care nurse, Taslima Choudhury shared her insights with the British Medical Journal this month for World Prematurity Awareness Month on reducing separation between families and babies during their Neonatal Intensive Care journey. Parent involvement can become challenging when birth is premature, where babies often need additional support from clinicians and medical machines to ensure they become healthy enough to go home to their families.
Ground-breaking research set to improve patient outcomes in early psychosis
Professors at the University of Birmingham and University College London have taken part in ground-breaking research in collaboration with teams at Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust (BWC) to improve patient outcomes in early psychosis.
Jess Phillips MP visits Birmingham Women’s Hospital
Jess Phillips, local MP and champion of women's health, recently paid Birmingham Women's Hospital a visit.
Parkview Clinic to undergo £4.6m transformation
A multi-million-pound renovation of our specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) inpatient care, based at our Parkview Clinic in Moseley, Birmingham, will begin this December.
Weaning babies off oxygen therapy and tube feeding with the support of our Neonatal Community Outreach team
Our clinicians have been working hard to wean sick babies off feeding ‘nasogastric’ tubes and oxygen therapy safely, through consistent monitoring, parent training, support and transitional care.
Virtual Reality to comfort and reduce anxiety during medical procedures for young people and children
To mark Virtual Reality (VR) Day, we share how our clinicians have been trialing the use of ‘VR’ with young people and children to reduce anxiety during minor medical procedures. Brave X year old Jack in the tiger VR headset, kindly agreed to test the experience to see if this would make those injections a little bit less scary whilst visiting us at our Children’s Hospital.
World Prematurity Day - A mother’s inspirational story with twin baby boys Jenson and Grayson
Today (Wednesday 17 November) is World Prematurity day, we would love to share the challenging but inspiration journey of mother of five-month-old twins Grayson and Jenson who gave birth to her boys at our Women’s Hospital.