News

This week (Monday 3 – Sunday 9 February) is Tinnitus Awareness week. Tinnitus is the name for hearing noises that do not come from an outside source.

Jayne Howarth, Senior Audiologist our Children's Hospital, is part of our specialist Audiology team, which support children and young people who may be struggling with their hearing, have problems in terms of processing sound or have tinnitus.

Today (Thursday 6 February) is International day of zero tolerance for female genital mutilation (FGM)

Our Children’s Hospital Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) team in our Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) are marking World Heart Month this year by looking back on all the achievements of both the unit, colleagues, former colleagues and patients and families.

A member of our Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) mental health team has been collaborating on important research to establish whether banning smartphones from schools makes a difference to young people’s wellbeing.

Here at BWC we are proud to mark Race Equality week with various in person and online events for our colleagues including a visit from Richard Grant: Dreadlock Alien and the 10^th Birmingham Poet Laureate, and the Race Equality Matters Five-Day challenge, which families can get involved with.

A professor at our Women’s Hospital is working on research in order to help tackle inequalities in maternity outcomes.

Mr Doug Wright MBE DL, High Sheriff of the County of West Midlands recently visited Birmingham Women’s Hospital and received a special tour of parts of the hospital, alongside hearing from members of the staff on some of the key projects going on.

Newly qualified intensive care nurse Beth Dennis has recently released the second wave of her educational flashcards for student nurses to support them in their nursing journey. 

Our Children’s Hospital’s Gastroenterology team have been awarded Best Training Unit in the coveted West Midlands Annual Paediatric Awards For Training Achievements (PAFTAs).