News stories from 2025

Head and neck cancer patients in Birmingham to be given access to new cancer vaccine trial
Patients in Birmingham who have advanced head and neck cancers may be eligible to take part in a new clinical trial of a potential cancer vaccine.

Care Quality Commission (CQC) finds improvements at Good Hope Hospital
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has found improvements in all four of the services it inspected at Good Hope Hospital.

Celebrating a decade of Umbrella
Umbrella Sexual Health is marking a decade of providing services for Birmingham and Solihull people.

Remembering Dr Pauline Manfield, a paediatrics pioneer
Dr Pauline Manfield, a former consultant at Good Hope Hospital, has died aged 95.

High quality care earns award for QEHB team
The Endoscopy Team at QEHB has achieved the outstanding requirements for Joint Advisory Group (JAG) accreditation.

Shaping the future of research through collaboration
Teams at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) recently hosted the first-ever joint NIHR Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) and UK Clinical Research Facility (CRF) Network conference.