Double delight for therapy service after award nominations
Published: April 20, 2016
A new service which has reduced waiting times for orthopaedic patients at a Midlands hospital Trust has been shortlisted in two categories at a prestigious awards ceremony in the health industry. The therapy service at Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Heartlands Hospital, Good Hope Hospital and Solihull Hospital and community services, has […]
Solihull ice hockey star’s season of fundraising reaches its climax with ‘legends’ game
Published: April 14, 2016
A campaign led by the captain of the Solihull Barons ice hockey team to raise money for the cancer unit that treated his wife is set for a grand finale later this month after already smashing its fundraising target. Rob Eley, from Solihull, is hanging up his skates at the end of the 2015-16 season […]
Medic to host talk on allergy treatment
Published: April 14, 2016
With one in four people in the United Kingdom likely to suffer from an allergy, locals are invited to attend a free health seminar at Heartlands Hospital to hear about allergy treatments. Taking place on Thursday 21 April from 5pm in the lead up to Allergy Awareness Week, Dr Richard Baretto, consultant immunologist, will speak […]
Eat, drink and move for national Nutrition and Hydration Week
Published: March 23, 2016
Patients, visitors and staff at Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust tried out new menus, danced and enjoyed tea and cake as part of a national week-long campaign to raise awareness of keeping well-nourished and hydrated. During Nutrition and Hydration Week, the Trust encouraged patients, visitors and staff to ‘eat, drink and move’. The catering […]
Ground-breaking professor pays a visit to critical care research team at Heartlands Hospital
Published: March 10, 2016
The research department at Heartlands Hospital recently had a visit from Dr Sam Parnia, assistant professor of critical care medicine at the State University of New York in Stony Brook, New York, where he is also director of resuscitation research. Dr Parnia leads an extensive research programme in emergency and critical care medicine and has […]
Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust celebrates stroke success
Published: March 9, 2016
Patients at Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust are benefiting from a new service that sees 43% more patients admitted to a specialist stroke bed within four hours to receive the lifesaving care they need in the first 72 hours after a stroke. Heartlands Hospital now manages all emergency stroke admissions across the Heart of […]
Leading surgeon ‘cuts the ribbon’ on state-of-the-art operating theatre at Birmingham hospital
Published: March 9, 2016
A trailblazing surgeon who became the first female President of the Royal College of Surgeons has ‘cut the ribbon’ on a state-of-the-art operating theatre at a Birmingham hospital which is already providing great benefits to patients. Clare Marx was the guest of honour as she officially opened the new £4 million hybrid operating theatre at […]
Successful recruitment day boosts busy emergency department
Published: March 7, 2016
There were tears of joy at a Birmingham hospital as a host of new nurses get set to embark on a potentially lifesaving career working in a busy emergency department. Heartlands Hospital, part of Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, held a nurse recruitment and open day for its emergency department and was overwhelmed with […]
Intrepid Lucy’s donation to lifesaving cancer unit will help fund chemotherapy at home service
Published: March 4, 2016
An intrepid Birmingham woman has handed over a cheque for over £6,000 to a cause close to her heart after completing a gruelling charity trek across the Great Wall of China. Lucy Harborne, from Kings Heath, took on the challenge in memory of her uncle Mark who was treated on the Ward 19 blood cancer […]
Heartlands Hospital scientists help speed up breast cancer treatment
Published: February 22, 2016
Heartlands Hospital’s advanced biomedical scientists, Julie Watson and Charanjit Sihota, are enabling faster treatment for breast cancer patients by helping to prepare breast wide local excision specimens (tissue removed during a lumpectomy). These specimens have traditionally only been prepared and trimmed by consultant histopathologists, but Julie and Charanjit have received specialist training so they can […]
