Drug dosing technology to improve children’s cancer treatment
A new project has been launched in collaboration with BHP founder-member the University of Birmingham aimed at aiding more precise drug dosing in children with cancer.
Children receiving chemother…
Midlands’ maternity triage system goes nationwide
A maternity triage system developed by clinicians and researchers in the West Midlands has launched training online for the first time, becoming readily available to maternity teams across the UK.…
Birmingham’s brain tumour centre awarded Tessa Jowell Centre of Excellence status
The brain tumour centre at BHP founder-member University Hospitals Birmingham (UHB) has been recognised as a Tessa Jowell Centre of Excellence following rigorous expert-led assessments by the Tessa…
Birmingham spinout secures £800k for point-of-care diagnostics platform
Birmingham-based Linear Diagnostics Ltd has secured £800,000 from the Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF) and other investors in the company’s second round of funding, which will enable the comp…
Three high-profile appointees heighten ambition for Birmingham Health Partners
The second city’s University-NHS partnership Birmingham Health Partners (BHP) has made three high-profile appointments to its leadership board – announcing Professor Sir Robert Lechler and Dame Yve…
AI and advanced imaging could diagnose childhood brain tumours without biopsy
A study led by Birmingham Health Partners member organisations has found that combining advanced imaging and artificial intelligence techniques can accurately classify the characteristics of common…