Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

27/12/2025

Our school aged immunisation team has been visiting primary schools across Birmingham offering flu vaccines to children throughout the autumn term.
Flu continues to circulate. Any parent or carer whose (primary age) child has not received a vaccination - and who would like to get them protected against the virus - is urged to book a slot at a community clinic early in the New Year on 0121 466 3410 or by email BCHNT.BirminghamImms@nhs.net.
The flu vaccines offered are a nasal spray, which contain gelatine, and, as an alternative, an injection, which contains no gelatine.
Our immunisation nurses have this month appeared on community radio station Unity FM to answer parents' questions about the flu vaccine and the service they provide all year round to protect children against a number of illnesses.
Listen here:
Part 1: https://youtu.be/vUeTIMqq_Dc
Part 2: https://youtu.be/RLJZlBZOs2M

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

26/12/2025

Accessing dental services over the bank holidays.

If you think you need urgent dental treatment over the bank holiday contact your usual dentist.

If you don't have one, use NHS 111. If an urgent appointment is needed you will be provided with details of your local out of hour service.

25/12/2025

Team BCHC would like to wish all our patients and colleagues a very Merry Christmas.🎄

Whatever the day holds for you, we hope you have an enjoyable time with family and friends, or sharing special moments with others in your community.

A huge 'thank you' to all colleagues working today - whether out caring for patients in the community or on a busy inpatient ward, your commitment to the communities we serve is appreciated.

A thank you also from BCHC Charity to everyone who has supported them in 2025; it’s only thanks to the generosity and kindness of their donors, fundraisers, volunteers and supporters that they’re able to continue making a difference for Team BCHC. ❤️

24/12/2025

The MenB vaccine helps protect against meningococcal group B bacteria that can cause serious illnesses, including meningitis and sepsis.

Speak to your GP if you're not sure whether your child's vaccinations are up to date.

For more advice visit the NHS website. 👉

24/12/2025

Direct Access to Wellbeing Services (DAWs) Team member Rebecca Champion attended the ‘Together at Christmas’ Royal Carol Service at the invitation of HRH The Princess of Wales thanks to a nomination from NHS Charities Together.

The DAWs Team, funded through BCHC Charity in partnership with Cadent Gas, launched last year and aims to help the people of Birmingham facing fuel and food poverty to keep safe, healthy, and warm in their homes. So far, the project has supported over 70,000 people across the city. Rebecca was nominated, alongside her partner Steven who co-founded the initiative in his role working at Cadent, in thanks for their commitment to supporting their local community.

"We were honoured to represent NHS Charities Together in such beautiful surroundings amongst incredible people who go above and beyond helping others in their communities. We certainly felt the love in Westminster Abbey."

You can watch the service tonight on ITV1.

23/12/2025

It’s only thanks to the generosity and kindness of our donors, fundraisers, volunteers, and supporters that BCHC Charity is able to continue making a difference in Birmingham. Thank you so much to everyone who has supported BCHC Charity in 2025!

23/12/2025

Using pharmacy services over the bank holiday.

Some local pharmacies may have different opening hours over the Christmas bank holidays.

Search 'find a pharmacy NHS' to find an open pharmacy near you.

23/12/2025

During the winter months (and over the festive season) it's important to prepare so you and your loved ones stay warm and well. BCHC has prepared some guidance to help you prepare for cold weather, keep warm and stay healthy during the winter period.

Visit our website for more information on:

⦁ Getting your flu and winter vaccinations
⦁ Staying warm
⦁ Keeping a well-stocked medicine cabinet at home
⦁ Making sure you have the medicines you need and take them as prescribed
⦁ How to prevent falls
⦁ Calling NHS 111 to get the help you need and using the NHS App to manage your healthcare
⦁ The BCHC App library website
⦁ Respiratory care for people with asthma and lung conditions

22/12/2025

We’re reminding parents to make sure their children are up to date with their MMR vaccinations. Two doses of the MMR vaccine provide the best protection against measles, mumps and rubella.

For more advice visit the NHS website 👉

22/12/2025

Thank you so much to all who have supported BCHC Charity this winter. This month, we’ve delivered over 1,475 gifts to patients across the city, as well as providing festive musical entertainment, a stunning tree for the Dental Hospital, & over £900 of festive party supplies!

We’ve had a wonderful time at festive events across the Trust, bringing smiles, gifts, and even reindeer! One member of staff who attended the event at the West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre said, “I’ve had a really rough time recently and today’s event with the reindeers and the children’s choir has really lifted my spirits”.

BCHC Charity would like to offer a huge thank you to all who helped us to spread so much sparkle across the Trust, in particular; Mace for wrapping over 400 gifts for inpatients, Capita & Equans for funding many of the gifts across inpatient and community services and also volunteering to wrap gifts and put together gift bags and hampers, Mitie, Balfour Beatty, Together for Short Lives, and Daisy Comms for donating gifts for families accessing various Children’s and Families services, Newman University & Missi Mulla for fundraising for our winter appeal, St Mary’s CofE Selly Oak School choir, Bob Gessey, and the Red Brick Brass Band for performing beautiful festive music at our events, Woodbine Farms for their delightful reindeer visit, the Speech and Language Therapists at Birmingham Dental Hospital for their Makaton festive sing-a-long, and Phil at Really Awesome Coffee for providing some winter warming beverages at Moseley Hall.

Whatever you’re up to over the next week or so, the Charity Team sincerely hope you have a relaxing, fun, and peaceful time, and a wonderful New Year.

22/12/2025

An ambitious vision for neighbourhood care should maintain a clear shared purpose among partners to improve citizen outcomes - read our chief exec's latest blog for the NHS Confederation.

The ambitions of the neighbourhood health vision must not be diluted by the practicalities of implementation.

20/12/2025

Contacting your GP over the bank holidays.

If you have a health concern over the bank holidays, please contact your GP practice.

If they are closed, you may be redirected to use NHS 111 for any urgent health concerns.