Recent stories

£30M research injection to improve treatment of inflammatory diseases
Increased funding for NIHR Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre will continue major medical science developments.

Preventative COVID-19 treatment to be trialled in Birmingham
A drug trial that could help to prevent the most vulnerable people from catching COVID-19 has begun today.

Sustainable surgery: the first "net zero" operation in the NHS
A surgical team at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust has completed the first documented "net zero" operation in the NHS

Birmingham research team scoops NHS surgical oncology prize
The General Surgery Research Team, based at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, were presented with the Cancer Research Excellence in Surgical Trials (CREST) award

Project to use AI to improve AI systems
UHB and partners awarded funding for a project to address health inequalities using artificial intelligence

Redesigned study restarts recruitment
A clinical trial that was significantly changed as a result of COVID-19 has now begun recruiting patients.