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Meet 11-year-old Alex who has had over 14 surgeries at Birmingham Children’s Hospital, regularly seeing our team of urologists and neurosurgeons.

Care for families experiencing pregnancy and baby loss was on the agenda when we welcomed Baroness Merron, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Patient Safety, Women’s Health and Mental Health, to our Women’s Hospital last week (Friday 18 October).

More than 700 nominations, 40 finalists, 14 winners, One BWC Spirit Awards. Find out more about our glittering ceremony.

Teams at our Children’s Hospital have benefitted from an opportunity to learn sign language as they strive to offer the very best care and support for patients and families. 

Colleagues came together recently to attend a special event hosted by CommPlus that included sessions to learn and practice letters, numbers and key phrases.  

Esmay Treen has given us an insight into Marfan Syndrome, a rare condition that affects one out of 5000 in the UK, and she won’t let the syndrome stop her from being her authentic self. 

Parkview Clinic, our Trust’s mental health facility, officially opened its newly refurbished wards last week.

Last year, Robert Moore, Practice Development Midwife at our Women’s Hospital, set up the Maternity Support Worker (MSW) virtual Journal Club, which has now been shortlisted for a prestigious national prize.

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.