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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.

Play is a crucial element in achieving the best clinical outcomes for our patients, as it is used to comfort and reduce anxiety within children of all conditions, ages and personalities. Preparation is one element of play and our Play Specialists  provide

Children, doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals from the Midlands are cycling thousands of miles to highlight the importance of successful COP26 discussions if future generations are to inherit a habitable planet.

We have fantastic opportunities for medical staff to work at both Forward-Thinking Birmingham (FTB) community services and our Tier 4 in-patient Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) services.

Over the last twelve months our Trust has produced a staggering 36 tonnes of food waste, but rather than send all of this waste to landfill we send our food waste to a nearby Anaerobic Digestion (AD) plant used to turn organic materials into renewable fuel.

A large archive of memorabilia from Birmingham General Hospital, now home to our Children’s Hospital, has been uncovered in a loft. The treasure trove of artefacts and photos date back to 1898 through to 1965 and offer an intriguing glimpse of the past.

Experts from our Trust have transformed the treatment of children’s eye cancer with pioneering new research.  Doctors at our hospital are the first in the country to develop a treatment called Cell-free DNA for the care of retinoblastoma - a rare type of cancer which typically develops in early childhood and affects around 50 children in the UK every year.