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Popular Netflix series, ‘Squid Game’ has inspired a new TikTok craze called the ‘honeycomb’ or ‘dalgona’ challenge where players must break a honeycomb treat into a template shape. Experts at Children’s Hospital Burns Centre have issued a warning to families after a worrying increase in the number of young people suffering from burns-related injuries associated with cooking without supervision.  

The Patient Experience team is excited to share a British Sign Language (BSL) video on how to raise a concern or give feedback. The video was co-produced by CommPlus, our Interpreting Agency for BSL. They expressed delight that idea of a video had been proposed by the Interpreting & Cultural Insight Team at BWC, “CommPlus are pleased to work with an NHS Trust who put inclusion at the heart of their care. Accessible information goes beyond the walls of the hospital and extends to BSL translated videos and other information for the community.” 

To celebrate the Black History Month, we have had the pleasure of speaking with a variety of inspirational people across our Trust, sharing their stories and opinions on diversity and inclusion. Our creative Clinical Photography and Design team (CPAD) have worked incredibly hard to produce an artistic series of portraits, celebrating the rich diversity and representation across our hospitals.

For the month of Menopause Awareness, we are joined by Consultant Gynaecologist and lead in Fertility and Menopause at our Women’s Hospital, Dr Lynne Robinson who shares her advice on managing the menopause. 

Patients and staff at Birmingham Children’s Hospital welcomed a group of NHS riders cycling from London to Glasgow on an epic 540-mile journey to raise awareness of the health impacts of climate change.

A nurse who works in our Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) won the coveted ‘Moment of Magic’ award at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundations Trust’s annual award ceremony, the BWC Spirit Awards. 

An inspirational boy who had heart surgery as a baby is following in the tyre tracks of the likes of Lewis Hamilton after qualifying for the British Kart Championship.

Over the past 70 years our Human Milk Bank has provided donor breast milk to neonatal babies in our Women's hospital and throughout the West Midlands and beyond.  The fantastic support provided by the Milk Bank is only possible because of donations from mothers.

Following our BWC Spirit Awards on 14 October, we had the pleasure of speaking with Dudu Nyathi, Fetal Monitoring Midwife at our Women’s Hospital, who won our Service Improvement Award. During the night, Sisa Moyo, Programme Director of the West Midlands CAMHS Provider Collaborative, presented Dudu with her award, congratulating her on the ambitious and compassionate attitude that she has displayed with us across 2021.  

Consultant Microbiologist who has dedicated more than 25 years to the care and treatment of patients in Birmingham has been honoured by the Trust with a Lifetime Achievement Award.