Stories from around our Trust
Dr David Milford retries after more than 30 years as part of our specialist Renal team
Our much-loved friend and respected colleague, Dr David Milford, Consultant Paediatric Nephrologist, is retiring after spending more than 30 years in the Renal Service at our Children’s Hospital.
Gemma scoops 'Women In Security Award'
Back in March 2020 OCS security guard, Gemma Myring, was due to be placed on furlough as our world’s changed and the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic took hold. Instead, she decided to put herself forward to join the company’s Healthcare and Education division, which led her to support us at our Women’s Hospital providing assistance and support at our main entrance.
BWC Pharmacy Team honour colleagues with inaugural internal awards
Our BWC Pharmacy Team celebrated their new Pharmacy Awards to honour ambitious and inspiring staff on their hard work over the past year.
New Wellbeing Passports launch as unique Forward Thinking Birmingham mental health service marks fifth anniversary
Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB), the city’s unique mental health service, is celebrating five years of putting young people at the heart of developing their care.
What you told us in our first Big Build survey: big ideas and more
Our first Big Build online survey received 401 responses from staff, patients, caregivers and local residents, helping us to create a picture of what is important to you for the Big Build.
''It was magical to witness the rapport between our teams and young people''
Sarah-Jane Marsh, our Chief Executive, visited our Mental Health Services Parkview Clinic to speak to colleagues and young people in Urgent Care and inpatient Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) about their experience of an extremely busy and challenging year.
Inspirational Alfie wins BBC’s regional Young Reporter Award
Alfie Rixon, a patient at our Children’s Hospital, has won the BBC’s Young Reporter competition in the Midlands after documenting his experience with osteosarcoma and learning to walk again following the amputation of the lower part of his leg.
Trust offers new Virtual Work Experience programmes for the first time
Our Trust has launched a new Virtual Work Experience programme for teenagers to prevent opportunities being missed during the COVID-19 pandemic.
New Obstetric Triage System launched across the NHS
Teams at our Women’s Hospital have played a huge part in developing a pioneering maternity triage system, which is now available to maternity teams across the UK.
Celebrating International Women’s Day
We’re proud to be celebrating International Women’s Day today (Monday 8 March) and honouring the fantastic female role models who work at our hospitals.