Children’s chance to be a scientist for the day
Published: October 23, 2015
Budding young boffins are invited to the ThinkTank Science Museum in Birmingham on Friday 30 October between 10am and 4pm to find out what it’s like to be a scientist. Clinical scientists from Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust have helped to organise the event, ‘Meet the Scientist’, aimed at six to twelve year olds. […]
Heart of England Trust hosts national nursing conference
Published: October 27, 2015
Birmingham recently welcomed hundreds of NHS staff from all over the country, for the seventh annual Chief Nursing Officer’s (CNO) Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) Advisory Group’s conference. Hosted by Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, the conference looked at the positive impact of change, the Workforce Race Equality Strategy and how to initiate conversations […]
Runners hit the road for cancer campaign
Published: October 21, 2015
A team of twelve runners from The Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust Charity took part in this year’s Great Birmingham Run to raise money to support local cancer patients in Birmingham and Solihull. The majority of the runners who took part in the 13.1 mile half-marathon, did it for the 19for19 campaign, raising money […]
New mobile app could transform care for lung surgery patients
Published: October 8, 2015
A mobile app developed by researchers at Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust could transform how lung surgery patients receive their rehabilitation after surgery. The Fit for Surgery app developed by the Thoracic surgery research team at the Trust, which runs Heartlands, Good Hope and Solihull Hospitals, will allow patients to access the award-winning Rehabilitation […]
Focusing on World Sight Day
Published: October 19, 2015
World Sight Day (Thursday 8 October) is an international day that aims to raise awareness of blindness and vision impairment. To celebrate this day, we’re focusing on two important teams here at Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust who look after the eye care of our patients. Our Ophthalmology department offers patients a range of […]
FOI 4044
Published: September 29, 2015
How many cases of carbon monoxide poisoning have been treated at HEFT in the past year (July 2014 – July 2015)? The Trust systems allows us to record the number of patients admitted to a) Inpatient Area, or b) A&E with Carbon Monoxide poisoning (Primary Diagnosis T58*). We are unable to identify whether the diagnosis […]
Hospital Trust holds special memorial service for lost babies
Published: September 28, 2015
A special memorial service to be held by The Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust will help parents and families to remember their babies lost during pregnancy or shortly after birth. The annual ‘A Time to Remember’ service gives parents the chance to meet other families and collectively share and remember babies who passed away […]
Chinese decision makers meet specialists in Hospital knowledge sharing visit
Published: September 22, 2015
Experts from Heartlands Hospital hosted a team of leading health policy makers from Beijing in China, in a visit to the Hospital to learn about antimicrobial resistance and care of the elderly. Having received an £8 million refurbishment in 2013, the Hospital’s laboratory medicine development houses a state-of-the-art molecular biology laboratory in partnership with Public […]
Birmingham hospital leader represents UK at World Health Organisation
Published: September 18, 2015
A deputy medical director at a Midlands hospital trust has had the honour of being invited as the UK representative to give the World Health Organisation (WHO) his expert opinion on emergency care and how standards can be improved internationally. Professor Matthew Cooke, director of strategy and deputy medical director at Heart of England NHS […]
Minor changes at Heartlands as emergency department expands
Published: September 8, 2015
Work to improve patient care and safety at Heartlands Hospital’s Emergency Department (ED) will see its new adult Minors Unit open this week. As part of the Hospital’s improvement plans, the new adult ‘Minors’ area, where non-life threatening cases are dealt with, will open on Wednesday 9 September in its new location next to the […]
