News stories from 2025

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.

New kit aims to improve liver care and cut waiting times
Patients at Good Hope Hospital can now receive faster and more efficient liver assessments, with the introduction of a new fibroscan machine.