Talk BWC
Talk BWC is our monthly publication for patients, visitors, families and staff, which is packed with the latest news and features from across our Trust.
You'll also find our regular features of:
- Thoughts and Feedback
- Star of the Month
- A Few Minutes With...
- Charity News
Newspapers are available for pickup from drop boxes in prominent locations across our Women's and Children's Hospital sites.
You can also download a free e-edition straight to your phone, tablet, laptop or computer.
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talk BWC 2024
talk BWC — December 2024 - Our Christmas edition sees Baby Chester home in time for Christmas, we celebrate our first DAISY award winners and Alex and Esmay share their stories of not letting their conditions hold them back.
talk BWC — November 2024Delilah’s family share the power of the Gift of Life, our Prematurity Prevent team are thanked by mum, Emma after expert care for her baby and our Director of Midwifery and Deputy Chief Nurse, Rachel Carter, collects her MBE.
talk BWC — October 2024Freya makes an incredible tribute to our Children’s Hospital, baby Finn celebrates his first birthday after expert NICU care and we reveal our brilliant BWC Spirit Award finalists.
talk BWC — BCH superstars shine at Golden Transplant Games, Isaac is seizure-free after a complex epilepsy surgery and Midwife, Alison receives a prestigious national silver award for her gold-standard bereavement care.
talk BWC — August 2024We’re sharing the story of baby joy as little Noelle arrives following endometriosis treatment, helpful tips to make World Breastfeeding Week and Mental Health Nurse, Lydia, whose career path was inspired by her brother, Gavin.
talk BWC — July 2024Little Henry’s mum is encouraging everyone to ‘have the chat’ on organ donation, we’re celebrating the launch of the DAISY Awards at BWC and mum, Sophie is sharing her story of gut instinct helping to save newborn Rory.
talk BWC — We’re proudly celebrating the world of colleagues across the Trust, sharing Rebecca’s ‘perfect’ homebirth story along with the incredible work of colleagues across the Trust to tackle health inequalities.
talk BWC — May 2024 Join us in celebrating our long-serving colleagues, meet Charlie who’s vowed to pack a punch as boxing training after heart surgery and little Albie who dreams of being a marine biologist after multiple surgeries to treat a rare condition.
talk BWC — April 2024Read the incredible story of baby Richie who’s embracing life over limb after batting sepsis and Strep A, meet Oscar who shares his CTD story for Rare Diseases Day Awareness and Reggie who got a new kidney through collaboration between our Children’s Hospital and Nottingham Children’s Hospital.
talk BWC — March 2024 Learn all about baby Thomas’s recovery after a diagnosis of the rare disease, botulism, Tayschelice who won an award for championing sickle cell awareness and our very own Zamir Hussain who released a new book to help bereaved parents.
talk BWC — February 2024Meet Anderson, who went from the operating theatre to the ‘Theatre of Dreams’, read Harry’s incredible story for World Heart Month and join us as we reveal the newly-refurbished Cath Lab.
talk BWC — January 2024Discover Daniel’s F1 dreams after open-heart surgery, join us in celebrating the opening of our Children’s Hospital Wellbeing Hub and learn more about our pioneering allergy awareness project.
talk BWC 2023
Lily defines all odds to take her first steps after being diagnosed with Sturge Weber Syndrome, we share the winners of our BWC Spirit Award winners and celebrate two years of our VR project with plans to build on the success.
In October, TV star Vicky McClure paid a surprise visit to our Children's Hospital, plans to redevelop our Women's Hospital were approved and George had his first day of school after life-saving surgery just six months prior.
The BCH superstars are the Best Children's Team at the British Transplant games for the 25th year running, our Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer, Daljit Athwal, was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science degree and Evie is thriving at home after battling a mystery condition.
talk BWC — August 2023After more than 600 days in hospital due to a rare condition, Noah finally returned home to his family, we celebrated 75 years of the NHS and welcomed Myleene Class to our Women's hospital to raise awareness of pioneering miscarriage care.
July saw BWC Professor Arri Coomarasamy recognised by His Majesty the King for his research work, Kristof travelled to Perth, Australia to fly the flag for Great Britain at the World Transplant Games and we celebrated 100 years of Clinical Chemistry at BCH.
Our most popular issue of talk BWC to date, meet Wilfred who recovered with us after a horrific accident, meet our new Chief Executive, and celebrate both International Day of the Midwife and International Nurses' Day.
May 2023 saw us celebrating our fantastic nurses and midwives, the launch of our iMRI appeal, Yvonne receiving national recognition for her service and a round-up of our annual Long Service Awards - where we celebrated more than 11,000 years of NHS experience across the Trust.
talk BWC - April 2023Learn about Arthur's journey with Hydrocephalus, Evie's gift of life in the form of a kidney donated by her dad, our super sedation project celebrating its 100th patient and meet our charity superstars at the Pride of Birmingham awards.
talk BWC - March 2023Find out how Bayley went from hospital bed to ice hockey rink, celebrate our LGBTQ+ Staff Network Gaydio Pride Award and join James on his visit to 10 Downing Street.
talk BWC - February 2023Read about a very special Christening for preemie twins, catch up with Clara 12 months after receiving the Gift of Life and meet parents-to-be, Anna and Pete, who are looking forward to a home birth.
talk BWC - January 2023Meet our Director of Philanthropy and Partnerships, learn about our trial for early diabetes detection and catch up with what we did over the festive period.