Skip to main content

News stories

How you can support our military patients this Christmas

Published on 07/12/2023

How you can support our military patients this Christmas
How you can support our military patients this Christmas

Please don't send cards and gifts to anonymous military patients at QEHB this Christmas.

Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (QEHB) and the Ministry of Defence (MoD) are encouraging those wishing to send gifts and cards to injured soldiers to visit the official hospital charity website for alternative ways of showing support this Christmas.

The sheer volume of Christmas cards which the hospital receives shows just how much goodwill exists for our injured troops, but the mountain of cards we receive also overwhelms our Facilities Team and can cause backlogs in processing mail from GPs and patients.

There are a number of ways to show support for our military patients – please see the charity websites for further information.

More news

Significant rise in viral respiratory infections impacting services

Significant rise in viral respiratory infections impacting services

A substantial increase in viral respiratory infections is putting considerable pressure on our hospital services.
Birmingham to lead the way in testing promising new cystinosis treatment

Birmingham to lead the way in testing promising new cystinosis treatment

Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (QEHB) will lead a new clinical trial, backed by nearly £4 million in funding, to test a drug discovered by an “inspirational” University of Sunderland scientist dedicated to improving the treatment of patients with a rare, life-threatening genetic disease.
New UK study to explore MRI screening as standard practice for detecting breast cancer that has spread to the brain

New UK study to explore MRI screening as standard practice for detecting breast cancer that has spread to the brain

A new national research study, led by researchers at University Hospitals Birmingham (UHB) and The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust in Liverpool, has opened to investigate whether magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) screening should become standard practice for detecting breast cancer that has spread to the brain.
Read more news