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16 November 2020

Urgent call for West Midlands volunteers to take part In a new Covid-19 vaccine study

West Midlands residents encouraged to help continue the search for safe and effective Covid-19 vaccines that work for all by joining the latest phase 3 trial Thousands of volunteers will begin taking part in a…
13 November 2020

Midlands maternity programme awarded ‘Service Initiative of the Year’ at prestigious healthcare awards

Birmingham Symptom specific Obstetric Triage System (BSOTS) has been titled the Maternity and Midwifery Services Initiative of the Year at the HSJ Patient Safety Awards, recognising their outstanding contribution to healthcare. BSOTS has been developed…
13 November 2020

UHB team produce guide for effective engagement with patients

A team of researchers at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust have recently published a paper presenting their findings on how best to involve and engage patients with hearing loss in health research. The paper,…
09 November 2020

300th patient recruited to crucial COVID-19 trial at Good Hope

The 300th patient to take part in Recovery-RS, a trial that is comparing the effectiveness of different ventilation methods for hospitalised patients with COVID-19, has recently been recruited at Good Hope Hospital. The Recovery-RS trial,…
14 October 2020

UHB recruits first patient in world to a pioneering gene therapy trial

The first person to take part in a industry-sponsored BMN 307 gene therapy study for Phenylketonuria (PKU) has been recruited at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB). The PHEARLESS study aims to investigate if…
13 October 2020

Birmingham researchers develop new device for head injury patients

A team of researchers at the NIHR Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre (SRMRC) have developed a device that could improve the recovery of and treatment for patients who have suffered significant brain injury. Patients…
13 October 2020

UHB surgeon recognised in 2020 Queen’s Birthday Honours

Professor Dion Morton, Barling Professor of Surgery, colorectal surgeon and joint-lead of the NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Global Surgery was awarded an OBE in the Queen’s 2020 Birthday Honours for services to Innovation…
08 October 2020

Vitamin D deficiency increased risk of COVID in healthcare workers, new UK study shows

Healthcare workers who self-isolated after developing symptoms of COVID-19 were more likely to have a vitamin D deficiency, with workers from Black, Asian or ethnic minority backgrounds particularly affected, a new study by experts at…
29 September 2020

Patients set to benefit from new guidelines on Artificial Intelligence health solutions

Patients could benefit from faster and more effective introduction of artificial intelligence (AI) techniques to diagnose and treat disease – thanks to a new regulatory framework aiming to improve the quality and transparency of studies…
29 September 2020

Study shows COVID-19 exposure and viral carriage in health care workers

2.4% of asymptomatic health care workers at work in Birmingham were carriers of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and over a third of those individuals subsequently became unwell with symptoms of COVID-19, a new cross-sectional study by…