Stories from around our Trust
Special bond for families united through the gift of life
For two families who enjoy a special bond through the Gift of Life, this year’s British Transplant Games were extra special.
BWC hosts first Bardet-Biedl ‘virtual’ telemedicine clinic
Two brothers with a rare genetic condition have become the first to benefit from a virtual telemedicine clinic at our Children’s Hospital.
Advice from our Midwives that’s useful all year round this World Breastfeeding Week
We’ve backed World Breastfeeding Week (1 – 7 August) and our Midwives on our Postnatal Ward have offered advice to new mums that useful all year-round.
Therapy dog makes national news
You may have noticed a feature on Felicity, one of our Pets as Therapy dogs, in the Sunday Mirror recently.
Yet another record-breaking year for Team BCH at the annual celebration of the ‘Gift of Life’ at the British Transplant Games
It’s been another golden British Transplant Games for our Children’s Hospital superstars who left this year’s event in Newport, Wales, with another record-breaking haul.
Nominations for the next round of Governors elections now open
If you would like to join our Council of Governors then you’ll be interested to learn that we are currently seeking Governors.
Public invited to Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Annual General Meeting (Tues 23 July)
Members of the public are being invited to our Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust’s Annual General Meeting taking place on Tuesday 23 July.
Joining family of eight-month-old on transplant list to help raise awareness of having conversations about organ donation
The parents of an eight-month-old currently on the transplant list awaiting a donor heart are urging families to have conversations and share their wishes about organ donation to help offer the precious ‘Gift of Life’.
Leading mental health experts in Birmingham publish ground-breaking book about treatment of early psychosis
Three Psychologists from Forward Thinking Birmingham’s (FTB) mental health service and a Psychiatrist and Nurse from Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust (BSMHFT), have authored a ground-breaking new book, published today, about the importance of early intervention in Psychosis.