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08 May 2019
Heartlands Critical Care Consultant elected to prestigious Fellowship
The Academy of Medical Sciences has elected 50 of the UK’s leading figures within biomedical and health sciences to their esteemed Fellowship, including two University of Warwick scientists, it has been announced today (Wednesday 8…
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29 April 2019
Radiographer Hayley inspires the country
UHB research radiographer Hayley Carruthers has made headlines across the world, thanks to her dramatic finish at the London Marathon. After running the 26.2 mile marathon, Hayley collapsed just before the finish line, and crossed…
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23 April 2019
UHB Haematology Lecturer wins Researcher of the Year prize
Pip Nicolson, a Clinical Lecturer in Haematology at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB), recently won a prestigious national award for his research work. Pip was presented with the National Institute for Health Research…
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18 April 2019
UHB top recruiter to national trial
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (QEHB) is one of the leading recruiters to a national trial that could improve mortality rates for people having emergency bowel surgery. The Fluid Optimisation in Emergency Laparotomy (FLO-ELA) trial,…
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17 April 2019
Trial DIRECTing people to give best CPR possible
A trial taking place at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) could lead to changes in how people are instructed to deliver CPR by ambulance telephone operators. The DIRECT study recruited 330 people, and…
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17 April 2019
UHB senior nurses appointed to prestigious national programme
Two senior nurses at Heartlands Hospital, Liz Lees-Deutsch and Teresa Melody, have been awarded places on a new national programme aiming to develop the number of NHS staff involved in research. The 70@70 NIHR Senior…
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16 April 2019
New immunotherapy treatment for chronic liver disease
A trial which could lead to a ground-breaking new way of treating people with two types of chronic liver disease has been launched, with the first patients taking part at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham,…
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09 April 2019
BHP Research Showcase 2019
The latest health breakthroughs will be on display next month at the annual Birmingham Health Partners Research Showcase, which will be held in the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham’s (QEHB) atrium. Exciting developments in the last…
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02 April 2019
Rare Disease Day 2019
28 February marked Rare Diseases Day and the QEHB Centre for Rare Diseases team gathered in the atrium to raise awareness of their work. There are over 6,000 rare diseases in the UK, with one…
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29 March 2019
Healthcare Science Day 2019
Students and schoolchildren from across the West Midlands found out about the range of healthcare science careers at the fourth annual Healthcare Science Day, held in the Atrium of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEHB). The…