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Charlene and Melody Brown.

Eight-year-old "youngest ever" to undergo surgery to remove cancerous throat tumour

Melody Brown had a cancerous tumour removed by two teams of surgeons from Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham and Birmingham Children’s Hospital.

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Looking back at 2024

Facts and figures compiled from the past year give a fascinating insight into the work carried out at University Hospitals Birmingham.

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Face mask wearing to be reintroduced

Due to high levels of respiratory infections across Birmingham and Solihull, face masks will now be reintroduced across all University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) hospitals from Tuesday 7 January 2025.

Health monitoring app

New recommendations to increase transparency and tackle potential bias in medical AI technologies

Patients will be better able to benefit from innovations in medical artificial intelligence (AI) if a new set of internationally agreed recommendations are followed.

Jacynth Ivey, Non-Executive Director of Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) and University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB)

New Year honour for Birmingham NHS board member

Jacynth Ivey has received an MBE in His Majesty the King’s New Year Honours List for services to nursing.

Professor Gavin Perkins, Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB)

UHB doctor receives MBE from His Majesty the King

Professor Gavin Perkins has received an MBE in His Majesty the King’s New Year Honours List for services to resuscitation science.

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Events, January 2025

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  1. Meeting of the Board of Directors

    Meeting of the Trust's Board of Directors in public.

    10:00, 30/01/2025

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