May 22, 2013 14:12 BST Birmingham Children's Hospital A young cancer patient, catwalk models and even a nine storey landmark hotel were all wrapped up in bandages today, to launch Birmingham Children’s Hospital’s summer fundraising campaign The BIG Bandage.
May 20, 2013 12:32 BST Birmingham Children's Hospital Encouraging patients and families to ask their doctor or nurse about clinical trials is the focus of a new campaign launched today by Birmingham Children’s Hospital, as part of International Clinical Trials Day.
May 17, 2013 09:00 BST Pancreatic Cancer Action Research funding for pancreatic cancer has fallen by nearly 13 per cent despite no significant improvement in the 3% five-year survival rate for the UK’s fifth biggest cancer killer, according to national charity, Pancreatic Cancer Action.
May 16, 2013 11:51 BST Aspire A 27 year old man with cerebral palsy has recently qualified as a Level 2 gym instructor despite not being able to talk. Laurence James, who is classed as severely disabled and uses a powered wheelchair and a speech aid, gained his qualification with the support of staff from GLL at the Thamesmere Leisure Centre.
May 15, 2013 11:55 BST Birmingham Children's Hospital Birmingham Children’s Hospital will this week officially become home to the largest paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) in the UK.
May 10, 2013 14:52 BST Aspire On Friday 17th May, Spinal Injuries Together, a grouping of the UK’s five major spinal cord injury charities, will be raising awareness of the life-changing effects of spinal cord injury through national Spinal Cord Injuries Day. In the UK alone, someone is told they may never walk again Every Eight Hours.
Apr 21, 2013 14:30 BST Aspire Nearly 40% of people with spinal cord injury (SCI) feel that their care needs are not being met by relevant UK authorities, according to a research report by the spinal cord injury charity, Aspire. Survey participants reported that only their very basic needs are fulfilled and that care packages do not allow people to live independently.
Apr 19, 2013 14:47 BST Birmingham Children's Hospital Birmingham Children’s Hospital has proved that they are leaders in innovation, after picking up a coveted award at this year’s Birmingham Chamber of Commerce Awards.
Apr 12, 2013 17:19 BST DeadSocial Today Google announced their 'Inactive Account Manager' tool. This allows you to tell Google what to do with your data after you're gone, whether you want to share it with family and friends or delete it altogether. DeadSocial on the other hand (launched last month) enables us to keep sending out messages to our friends and family once we have died directly to Facebook and Twitter.
Apr 10, 2013 08:42 BST Birmingham Children's Hospital Birmingham Children’s Hospital has thousands of supporters and fundraisers who repeatedly go out of their way to make a real difference to our children and young people. Each week we will be telling the story of one our dedicated Charity Champions, to highlight the difference that they are making to the children we treat.