Stories from around our Trust
Nominations for upcoming Council of Governors elections now open
Nominations for our Council of Governors are now open until Friday 11 September and the Trust will be seeking Governors for a variety of important positions to represent patients, staff, partner organisations and the wider public.
Birmingham Women’s Hospital’s specialist team continuing to help women and families realise their choice of home birth
As our worlds have changed over the last few months due to COVID-19 (coronavirus) the dedicated team at Birmingham Women’s Hospital have been continuing to help families realise their choice of giving birth at home.
The specialised Home birth service, which is made up of Midwives and Maternity Support Workers, have been by the sides of mums, partners and their babies since 2014 and have, over the last few months, helped safely welcome more than 50 little ones.
Inspirational Sarah recognised in O2’s Everyday Hero Awards
We couldn’t be more proud of our colleague and friend, Sarah Dodwell, who epitomises our Trust values of being ambitious, brave and compassionate in everything we do. Sarah, has recently been highly commended in O2’s Everyday Hero Awards after being nominated by her husband, Chris, for her work during COVID-19 whilst she faced her own tremendous personal challenge.
Study finds rare COVID-19-related diseases link to blood cell changes
A newly described disease occurring in children and linked to COVID-19 has significant changes in white blood cells – a discovery that may allow doctors to better assess their young patients’ condition and predict their resistance to current treatments.
Ask the Midwife over Zoom
Ambitious maternity teams across the Birmingham and Solihull-wide Local Maternity System, coordinated by the Birmingham and Solihull United Maternity and Newborn Partnership (BUMP) have paved the way forward by setting up innovative Zoom video chats for expectant mothers.
Our Infant Feeding Team highlighting benefits of breastfeeding
During this year’s World Breastfeeding Week (1 – 7 August) our Infant Feeding team has been passionately spreading the word about its many benefits after seeing an increase in the number of mums starting to breastfeed since the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic began.
Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Trust Board statement against racism
At our Trust Board meeting in June, Board members discussed the importance of sending a clear message to our colleagues, patients, carers and wider community about our stance on racism and the approach we are taking to address this issue.
Special video celebrating our #OneTeamBWC for NHS birthday
It's the 72nd birthday of the NHS this weekend and our staff have put together a special video to celebrate.
New Chief People Officer to join Trust
We are pleased to announce that Raffaela Goodby will be joining the Trust as Chief People Officer.
Supporting LGBTQ+ patients and staff this Pride month
June marks Pride month and we’re highlighting the history of Pride in Birmingham and how we make Birmingham Women’s and Children’s a non-judgemental and inclusive place for our patients and visitors that identify as LGBTQ+.