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 […]

‘Gorgeous gynae girls’ raise money for Good Hope Hospital

Published: April 14, 2016

A team of staff from Good Hope Hospital are lacing up their trainers and donning tutus and fairy wings to raise money for their ward at the Great Midlands Fun Run in Sutton Coldfield on Sunday 5 June. The team of 20 healthcare staff, from Sutton Coldfield, Walsall and Birmingham, are hoping to raise £2,000 […]

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 […]

Professor Sir Ian Kennedy: HEFT statement

Published: November 21, 2017

On 11 March, BBC West Midlands published an article entitled ‘Mistreated cancer patients say hospital revoked promise’. The article contained a number of quotes from a spokesperson speaking on behalf of Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust and, in particular, one comment regarding Sir Ian Kennedy, who undertook an enquiry into concerns about the Trust’s […]

Special donation to hospital ward in memory of a much loved dad

Published: April 4, 2016

A family of an Acocks Green man have visited the hospital ward which cared for him in his final days to hand over a special donation in his memory. Michael Green sadly passed away at Solihull Hospital, part of Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, last May at the age of 81 after a long […]

HEFT success as award nominations revealed

Published: March 29, 2016

Staff and projects at Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust have received a raft of nominations in the second Solihull Together for better lives Awards. Organisers today released details of the finalists for the 2016 Awards after receiving over 100 nominations from Solihull residents, professionals and local organisations – twice as many nominations as last year. […]

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 […]

Microsoft’s Xbox Kinect breathes new life into respiratory assessment

Published: March 22, 2016

Xbox Kinects could be used in the future to assess the health of patients with conditions such as cystic fibrosis. Normally found in the hands of gamers rather than medics the Microsoft sensors could be used to assess the respiratory function of patients. Researchers at Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust (HEFT), the Institute of […]

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 […]