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New £30M research injection to improve treatment of inflammatory diseases

£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.

An operating theatre lighting pendant at University Hospitals Birmingham

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

Professor Lucy Chappell presenting the award to Arlo Whitehouse from the research team

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

Exterior wall of the Birmingham Heartlands Hospital main entrance

Redesigned study restarts recruitment

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