Recent news stories

University Hospitals Birmingham secures £1.4 million for new cleanroom manufacturing facility
University Hospitals Birmingham (UHB) has secured £1.4 million from the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) to support the development of a new cleanroom manufacturing facility within the Precision Health Technologies Accelerator (PHTA) at Birmingham Health Innovation Campus.

Discover how technology is transforming diabetes care at free Heartlands health talk
With around one in 10 people in Birmingham living with diabetes, local people are invited to learn more about the disease and the latest advances in diabetes care at a free health talk at Heartlands Hospital.

QEHB to star in new series of Channel 5’s ‘999: Critical Condition’
Colleagues at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (QEHB) will appear on television screens nationwide from tonight (12 May) as the sixth series of ‘999: Critical Condition’ airs on Channel 5.

Hospital ‘first in the Midlands’ to use innovative endoscopy tech
The Endoscopy team at Good Hope Hospital has begun using the latest generation of capsule endoscopy technology, a less invasive and more comfortable way to examine the small bowel.

World Asthma Day: ‘Remarkable outcome’ study may lead to burden ease
A nurse living with asthma tested a new drug which showed that patients could reduce the regularity of medication, lessening the clinical and patient burden.

Specialists share practical women’s health advice at Sutton Coldfield health talk
Good Hope Hospital recently teamed up with Royal Sutton Coldfield Town Council to deliver a free women’s health talk for the public.