Our News

The Trust's Chief Executive Richard Kirby has been awarded an honorary doctorate (DSc) from Aston University in recognition of his significant contribution to healthcare leadership.

BCHC wants all of our carers and families to have access to the support you may need as a carer. To ensure this, we are engaging with unpaid carers to make sure they have access to the support they need.

Arden Lodge Residential Care Home in Acocks Green is just one of several care homes across East Birmingham using remote monitoring equipment to improve the quality of care for care home residents.

As part of Learning Disability Week, a gallery wall featuring original artwork by services users with a learning disability has been unveiled at the Jaffray Centre in Erdington.

Learning Disablity Week 2024 runs from Monday 17 to Sunday, 23 June. This year's theme is "do you see me?" which is all about making sure that people with a learning disability are seen, heard and valued.

Underpinned by our shared values, our annual plan details how we will work in 2024-25 to deliver our Best Care Healthy Communities strategy.

England’s Chief Medical Officer Professor Chris Whitty has met with leaders across health and care in Birmingham to discover more about work underway to transform services and reduce inequalities in health in the city.

The Equality and Inclusion Team is seeking volunteers to review proposed poster design aimed at signposting our multi-faith room for use by patients, visitors and staff and volunteers of all religious backgrounds.

We are pleased to share that BCHC has been awarded the Veteran Covenant Healthcare Alliance’s Veteran Aware Accreditation - making us a Veteran Aware Trust.

A draft of the BCHC Quality Report will be made available for staff and members of the public for review and comment via several page turning events in April and May.

Following elections during February and March, the election results for our Council of Governors have been published.

The lymphoedema and tissue viability team spent a day at a busy Black Country supermarket as part of Lymphoedema Awareness Week.

Our Bladder and Bowel Service were recently invited to community temple in Hall Green to talk about bladder and bowel health.

From 1 March 2024, the Sickle Cell & Thalassaemia Service will be provided by Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospital NHS Trust and located at City Hospital.

Chief Nursing Officer for England Dame Ruth May visited the Birmingham Forward Steps (BFS) health visiting hub to mark its first full year supporting communities in the city.

Consultant community paediatrician Dr Jo Garstang has called for better support for parents in a Panorama documentary looking at the levels of support available to families around the country following the sudden unexplained death of a child.

A Wolverhampton teen is looking forward to a bright future thanks to the support he received from BCHC's amputee rehabilitation team.

Are you looking to develop your career? An apprenticeship with BCHC could be the perfect place to start. With apprenticeships available across all of our services, both clinical and non-clinical and for new and substantive recruits.

Save the date and come along to our Apprenticeship Open Day 10.30am on Saturday, 10 April at Birmingham Central Library, where you will be able to get a feel for our Trust, the apprenticeship roles available and what route is best for you.

Apprenticeships are available to both substantive and new recruits at all bands: clinical and non-clinical employees of BCHC which are delivered by number of training providers and Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), including ourselves (BCHC).