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Choose well this winter- is it really A&E you need?

Published: December 12, 2017

World AIDS Day – 1 December

Published: December 12, 2017

This year for World AIDS day, teams from across the city will be working together to raise awareness. Information stands will be held throughout the day at Heartlands Hospital in the main corridor, at Good Hope in the Treatment Centre and at the QE in the main Atrium. Visitors to the stands will be offered […]

Black History Month 1st – 31st October 2017

Published: October 24, 2017

This October the Black History Month display has gone up in the main entrance of Heartlands Hospital. To celebrate the 30 year anniversary of Black History Month here’s three of the stories from the display, which describes the stories of our own Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME) staff who have worked in the NHS over […]

Health talk at Birmingham hospital to help prevent bugs

Published: October 10, 2017

A Lead Infection Prevention and Control nurse is set to host a talk later this month on infection control and how to keep healthy during winter. The talk will be hosted by nurse Gill Abbott at Heartlands Hospital and will cover all aspects of infection prevention and control, from the work done by our teams […]

Heartlands Hospital helps give the organ donation message a much needed lift

Published: September 21, 2017

Heartlands Hospital is working with NHS Blood and Transplant to promote organ donation to all its staff, patients and visitors. The ground floor doors to the lifts in the Hospital’s tower block have been covered with eye catching messaging urging people to sign up to be an organ donor. There are currently 166 people in […]

Annual General Meeting to outline hospitals’ plans and progress

Published: September 19, 2017

Members of the public with an interest in local health services are invited to attend Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Monday 25 September 2017. They will have the opportunity to find out what has been achieved in the year, what were the challenges, and how the hospitals, clinics and […]

Proposals for new multi-million hospital building to be shared

Published: September 15, 2017

The latest building designs for Heartlands Hospital’s new Ambulatory Care and Diagnostics Centre (ACAD) are to be shared at an open meeting on Wednesday 4th October 2017. The plan is for the four-storey building to house a wide range of health services, including outpatients, endoscopy and diagnostic services, which will care for thousands of patients […]

Liver function and disease is the focus of health talk at Solihull Hospital

Published: September 4, 2017

The causes, signs and symptoms of liver disease will be discussed in an upcoming health talk being held at Solihull Hospital. The talk will be led by Dr Theodore Ngatchu, a consultant gastroenterologist at the Trust, and is open to anyone with a particular interest in the subject or indeed affected by a liver condition, […]

Conference to question – what’s next for Advanced Clinical Practice in Emergency Medicine?

Published: August 24, 2017

Heart of England is delivering an Advanced Clinical Practitioners (ACPs) conference called: Advanced Clinical Practice in Emergency Medicine – what next? This conference is to be held on Friday 6 October 2017 from 9am-5pm (registration at 8.30am) at Birmingham City Football Club Ground and is for all ACPs, staff nurses, sisters, consultants, doctors in emergency […]

August Bank Holiday local pharmacy opening times

Published: August 21, 2017

The NHS is reminding people in Birmingham and Solihull where they can access expert medical treatment during the August bank holiday (28 August 2017). Patients can save time in the waiting room by visiting their pharmacist for quick, confidential advice on a range of common illnesses. Pharmacy opening hours in Birmingham and Solihull over the […]