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Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to have successfully supported a bid to establish one of the UK’s new National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Commercial Research Delivery Centres (CRDCs) to expand access to innovative clinical trials and deliver life-changing treatments to some of the UK’s most underserved communities.

Dr  Satish Rao, our Trust's Chief Medical Officer, is today sharing a warning about a potential ‘quad-demic’ of flu, COVID-19, RSV and norovirus, alongside three Chief Medical Officers in Birmingham and Solihull.  

Our Women’s Hospital is now home to the NHS’s first simulation suite dedicated to maternal and neonatal health, thanks to a phenomenal £1million donation from high street fashion entrepreneur George Davies via the George Davies Charitable Trust. 

Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB), the city's 0-25s Mental Health Service, has joined hands with Compass, a charity providing health and wellbeing services, to deliver more Mental Health Support to school children in Birmingham.

New mum Rebecca has donated 55.1 litres to the milk bank Birmingham Women’s Hospital, after she signed up to become a milk bank donor.

Dr Shakti Agrawal, Lead Paediatric Stroke Specialist at our Children’s Hospital, is dedicated to raising awareness and addressing misconceptions surrounding strokes in children.

On Thursday 21 November our Disability and Wellness Network (DAWN) hosted their first annual conference, with an aim to create more open conversations surrounding Disability Awareness in the workplace during this year’s Disability History Month.

We've marked a significant milestone in our £35million major new clinical build project at our Children's Hospital.

Birmingham Women’s Hospital has launched a service to offer more contraceptive choice to women staying on the postnatal and transitional care wards, after midwives expressed an interest in receiving training to offer the service.