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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…
12 September 2019

Pioneering data research centres to enable cutting-edge research and innovation to benefit UK patients

Pioneering data hubs that enable cutting-edge research for health discoveries and aim to give patients across the UK faster access to pioneering new treatments will be rolled out next month. Led by Health Data Research UK,…
30 August 2019

Birmingham Health Partners Professor appointed to prestigious national post

Professor Lorraine Harper, who works across Birmingham Health Partners (BHP) at both University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) and the University of Birmingham, has recently been appointed Associate Dean for the National Institute for…
30 August 2019

Birmingham research could improve care of patients living with artificial heart pump

New research funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) taking place across University Hospitals Birmingham (UHB) and the University of Birmingham (UoB) aims to inform and improve clinical care for those living with an artificial heart pump. A…
05 August 2019

Wireless micro-computer implanted in UHB patient in UK first

The world’s first wireless in-heart microcomputer was recently implanted into a patient at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (QEHB) in a UK first. Margaret McDermott, who is 75 and lives in Moseley, had the operation…
01 August 2019

UHB announced as new member of UK Health Data Research Alliance

Eight leading health organisations, research institutes and charities, including three of the UK’s largest NHS trusts – Barts Health, University Hospitals Birmingham and Nottingham University Hospitals – have announced today that they are joining the…