Paediatric oncologist at BCH treating retinoblastoma and late effects. Chair of West Midlands Regional Children's Tumour Registry.

Joined March 2018
Our 3rd year of hosting the Oncology & Haematology Community Games in partnership with @commgamesuk What a wonderful day…incredibly grateful to all the volunteers & activity providers for making so many children happy 😃 Thank you 🙏🏻
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Very interesting meeting in Essen with the CoBioRb consortium. Many productive discussions between clinicians and biologists around #retinoblastoma biomarkers. Thanks to Petra for the organization, to all the participants, and to #FightKidsCancer for supporting the project!
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Congratulations to Martin English, one of a team representing @BWC_NHS
Dr Michael Griksaitis and Dr Martin English read a testimony, describing how they led a team who brought a group of Ukrainian children to the UK from Poland last year.   #NHS75
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Helen Jenkinson retweeted
⭐ Final chance to register - deadline today! Join us for our upcoming #LateEffects seminar: #Retinoblastoma – management of the young adult survivor. Free for CCLG & @TYACancerPro members. 👇
Join us for our upcoming #LateEffects seminar: Retinoblastoma – management of the young adult survivor. 🗓️ Monday 5 June 2023 🕒 3 pm -4:30 pm 👨‍💻 Online (Zoom) This session will cover #retinoblastoma and long-term care. View the programme & book 👉 bit.ly/3pzWrWB
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What an amazing day at the 1st @Bham_Childrens Haematology Oncology Community games. Over 500 patients and their families trying new sports, getting active, getting fit and having fun. Thanks to the amazing Team BCH, @commgamesuk and the inspiration behind it all @HelenWoodman2
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Tonight we celebrated with laughter & tears the life of my darling niece Phoebe.Whilst @BorisJohnson partied, she obeyed #lockdown #rules deeply missing f2f with loved ones. The isolation & sadness led to her #suicide 15mths ago #GrayReport @BorisJohnson #shame Please just go
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Boris Johnson: "it was only right to say goodbye to colleagues who were leaving" My aunt Joyce, on a borrowed phone in ICU: "David, I'm scared, I don't want to die, I've so much living left to do" Me: "I love you, you're my hero, I will see you soon" The next day she died.
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Helen Jenkinson retweeted
Today we announce a game-changing £50million for #type1diabetes research & cures - a partnership between @stevemorganfdn,@JDRFUK & @DiabetesUK - accelerating cures & treatments & making the UK a global leader in @Type1 research - fantastic feature at 7.15 am on @BBCBreakfast
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Incredible achievement from an inspirational colleague and friend. Well done to everyone involved - team work at its best.
Dr Martin English from Birmingham Children’s Hospital was part of the team that helped evacuate 21 Ukrainian children suffering from cancer to the UK for treatment. He tells #BBCBreakfast about the journey. bbc.in/34KAZ7l
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Experts from our Children’s Hospital played a vital role in bringing 21 Ukrainian children to England for cancer treatment. Dr Martin English flew from Poland with the children on Sunday. He'll be sharing his story on BBC Breakfast tomorrow from 8am. See orlo.uk/DpqS6
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Helen Jenkinson retweeted
📌 Save the date: Late Effects in Childhood and Adolescent Cancer Survivors – A Course by and SIOP Europe. 📅 13-14 January 2022 (Virtual) Applications are open ⬇️ siope.eu/Lafe-Effects-Course #YoungSIOPE #pedonc
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Helen Jenkinson retweeted
Special Issue about the #PARTNERproject has been recently published in the Pediatric Blood & Cancer Journal 👇 'The Paediatric Rare Tumours Network ‐ European Registry (PARTNER) Consortium Project' 🔗onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/… #PedOnc
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Helen Jenkinson retweeted
How to treat spinal cord compression? Yet another challenging case by #YoungSIOPE and #ERNPaedcan! Join us at 17 March and listen to Dr Perez and Dr Hesla!
📌On 17 March (17.30 CET/16.30 GMT): #ERNPaedCan & #YoungSIOPE Interactive Webinar: 'Spinal cord compression: how to treat' Presenter: Paula Perez (Spain) Expert: Asle Hesla (Sweden) Register now to join👇 siope.eu/ERN/YoungSIOPE/Webi…
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Helen Jenkinson retweeted
📱 We have been gifted a brand new iPhone Pro 12 by Raffall, which you can now win for just £1 a ticket! 👉 Enter today, and help change the future for children with cancer at cclg.uk/3dTf8Ni
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Helen Jenkinson retweeted
We're proud to launch the 1st #ACCELERATEcure educational webinar:"Everything you always wanted to know about Developing Drugs for Children with Cancer (But were afraid to ask)" to discuss #ChildhoodCancer drug development!Join us (for free) on 30 March!👉 accelerate-platform.org/2021…
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“So even if tomorrow is my last day, if all those I loved are waiting for me then that tomorrow will be a good day too.” Captain Sir Tom
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The neuropsychological consequences of a brain tumour diagnosis can have a profound effect on quality of life. Thank you Sophie Thomas for your fantastic presentation and for addressing this important topic @childneuropsy @CCLG_UK #CCLGWM2021
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Important questions about COVID in children with cancer @CCLG_UK. Watch out for the CICWIC study - will we be able to differentiate between late effects of treatment and late effects of COVID? #CCLGWM2021
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Looking forward to 3 days of virtual learning & networking at @CCLG_UK Winter meeting. Well done to @ashleysgamble and team for the fantastic organisation. #CCLGWM2021
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