Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

15/04/2026

Three healthcare professionals from the National University Health System - NUHS, Singapore, recently visited the East Birmingham locality hub in Washwood Heath to learn about the city's innovative approach to creating a neighbourhood health service. 👏

Neighbourhood health is about shifting care closer to home and joining up services across local government, social care, and the voluntary sector.

During their visit the trio visited the care co-ordination centre and the Respiratory Same Day Emergency Care and Heart Failure clinics. They also observed how GPs, social workers, mental health practitioners, social prescribers, clinical health practitioners and voluntary sector partners work as a single, unified team to support residents with more complex needs.

13/04/2026

Students from several schools attended a day-long workshop to explore ways of harnessing the power of social media to promote our school-aged immunisation service.

Teenagers worked with immunisation nurses and the patient experience team to develop ideas and techniques for video content to share on a peer-to-peer basis to help promote the benefits of vaccines offered as part of the national routine immunisation programme and bust myths that may inhibit take-up.
They also developed ideas for health promotion activities in their schools such as assemblies, poster campaigns and, potentially, partnering with neighbouring primary schools.

The event also included a "masterclass" in producing impactful social media video content from social media expert Oli Hills (pictured, back row, fifth from left).
The session was the next phase of BCHC's participation in the national Volunteering for Health initiative - a partnership between BVSC and NHS organisations in Birmingham and Solihull.

In September, the first Volunteering for Health session saw a group of young people produce original videos, which have since been translated into multiple languages for sharing in schools and communities. Ideas for further volunteering projects are being explored with BCHC Charity.

https://www.bhamcommunity.nhs.uk/immunisation-services

13/04/2026

If you’ve had a hashtag testing kit through the post, don’t forget to send it back. Your next poo could save your life.

Find out more on the NHS website.

10/04/2026

09/04/2026

Make a 'lotto' difference for BCHC Charity by signing up to our weekly lottery; you'll be in with a chance to win up to £25,000, and 50p from each ticket comes directly to us to help us continue to spread some sparkle in Birmingham! Find out more and sign up today: https://www.bhamcommunity.nhs.uk/charity-lottery

07/04/2026

06/04/2026

If you need urgent medical help but you're not sure where to go, use 111 to get assessed and directed to the right place for you.​ Call, go online or use the NHS App.

Visit the NHS website for more information.

06/04/2026

If you’re 50 to 74, the NHS will send you a testing kit. Catching bowel cancer early reduces your chances of getting seriously ill from it. So, don’t just leave it in the back of a drawer - send it back today. Find out more on the NHS website.

05/04/2026

If you need urgent medical help but you're not sure where to go, use 111 to get assessed and directed to the right place for you.​ Call, go online or use the NHS App.

For more information please visit the NHS website.

05/04/2026

If you or someone else is experiencing a mental health crisis, call 111 and select the mental health option for 24-hour urgent advice and support.

Find out more: nhs.uk/UrgentMentalHealth