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Second-time Mum Jodie recently signed up to donate excess breast milk to the Birmingham Women’s milk bank, after first hearing about the milk bank through social media.

Today (Wednesday 16 October) is Restart a Heart Day, a day to raise awareness about cardiac arrest and to encourage people to learn life-saving cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).

Clinicians from Birmingham Children's Hospital have been reaching out to schools in the city in an effort to reduce hospital admissions and promote opportunities in the NHS.

Issac is now back at school and thriving after the support of our expert team.

When a day just isn't long enough. For Allied Health Professionals (AHPs) Awareness Day on Monday 14 October we're celebrating with a week’s worth of events to show our gratitude to our amazing AHP.

This week our Play team are celebrating Play in Healthcare Week. Play is a vital part of patient care as it can help patients feel settled in the ward during a challenging time. It can also help patients to understand their care better. 

Our specialist Children’s Hospital Eye Department welcomed Talia Treen, an Eye Care Liaison Officer (ECHLO) 18 months ago.

For World Mental Health Day (Thursday 10 October) Nicki Twigg, Senior Mental Health Practitioner at Forward Thinking Birmingham (North), sat down with us to talk about neurodiversity and the importance of being open about it.

BWC is very proud to have received the TIDE Gold Award from ENEI in this year’s benchmark and was named in the top 20 list of companies that entered.

Nine-year-old Aisha and her doting mother, Penda, sat down with us during Sickle Cell Awareness Month to talk about life with the condition and the impact it has on family life, school and day to day activities.