Media

12 February 2020

Rheumatology registrar awarded multi-million pound fellowship to develop research

Dr Adam Croft, an honorary Specialist Registrar at UHB and NIHR Clinical Lecturer at the University of Birmingham, has recently been awarded £2.5 million funding by the Kennedy Trust for Rheumatology Research to develop his…
05 February 2020

MW-ATTC develop new resources for healthcare professionals

The Advanced Therapy Treatment Centre network have recently developed training materials for staff in the NHS and beyond working in the excitng new field of advanced therapies. A logistics video, explaining the process for transporting…
31 January 2020

First phase of online tool allows researchers to discover information on over 400 UK health datasets

Health Data Research UK have recently unveiled the first phase of its Innovation Gateway portal that provides information about over 400 health datasets across the UK. It is being created to support UK health research…
17 December 2019

Findings of ground-breaking new surgical trial on mouth cancer published

Findings recently published in the British Journal of Cancer show that removing the neck glands of patients at the same time as removing their small cancer in the mouth significantly improves their chances of cure.…
17 December 2019

Innovative heart operation takes place at UHB

A patient at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (QEHB) has recently undergone a novel procedure, thanks to the skill and expertise of cardiac staff at the Trust. Keith Eversham, aged 72, had a heart attack…
19 November 2019

Head and neck robotic surgery programme launches at UHB

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) has recently launched a robotic programme in head and neck cancer surgery, resulting in a range of benefits to patients, staff and the Trust. Trans-oral robotic surgery (TORS)…
04 November 2019

Electronic tool developed by UHB staff could transform drug prescriptions

An electronic prescription tool, developed by University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) staff, has reduced the number of errors when prescribing a drug for paracetamol overdoses to zero. The tool, recognised nationally by Health…
30 October 2019

CAR-T success for UHB patient

A patient at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (QEHB) has become the first in the Midlands to have a successful CAR-T cell therapy, for treatment of her cancer. Sophie Wheldon, aged 21, was diagnosed with…
18 October 2019

Widely-available drug could reduce deaths from head injury

A low cost and widely available drug could reduce deaths in traumatic brain injury patients by as much as 20 per cent depending on the severity of injury, according to a major study carried out…
01 October 2019

£9 million NIHR ARC West Midlands begins research into demands on region’s health services

A research centre that brings together leading expertise from the West Midlands to address some of the most demanding pressures on health services in the region launches today. The NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) West…