New blood bank fridges. The go live date for the new blood fridges across City and Sandwell will be Tuesday 9 April 2019. Because of the technicalities of the switchover any Emergency O Neg units will need to be collected fro...

Chief Executive’s Message – Friday 5 April. The first message of the new public sector year! A year in which we expect our incoming funds to grow by 10 per cent, the number of people we look after to rise by 100,000, cut our waiting lists by jus...

SWB Brexit Bulletin - 5 April 2019. Welcome to this week’s Trust Brexit Bulletin, to keep you up to date with the latest information relating to health care services as we prepare for exiting the EU under a deal or no deal scenario. Upda...

CQC report briefings taking place today. We are expecting the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to publish their findings following the September 2018 inspection today (Friday 5 April). We will be publishing a summary of their findings and briefi...

Birmingham Children’s Trust secure email changes. Due to the new Multi-Agency Safeguarding Arrangements (MASA) which came into force on 1 April 2019, the Birmingham Safeguarding Children’s Board (BSCB) has been rebranded to the Birmingham Safeguarding...

Introduction to managing anger and frustration. This three hour session provides you with information about the symptoms of anger, suggestions of managing your response and ways to reduce every its impact on us. Learning outcomes include to understa...

Unity roadshows start next week. The introduction of Unity will be a challenge for everyone. Adapting to the new system will take time so it’s best to be as prepared as possible for when it goes live. Unity Roadshows can help make sur...

CQC report expected Friday (5 April). We are expecting the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to publish their findings following the September 2018 inspection this Friday (5 April). We will publish a summary of their findings and briefing sess...

LGBT Staff Network Chair - Elections 2019. Are you a member of staff who self-defines as being lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender? Could you be the Chair of the LGBT Staff Network? These are dynamic roles that can help influence the work and...

Caring for our Patients living with a Learning Disability or Dementia. The Palliative Care Team are pleased to announce an upcoming training event ‘Caring for our Patients living with a Learning Disability or Dementia’. The following date is available for this training – ...