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Cure Leukaemia announces 100% nursing funds increase
Birmingham-based Cure Leukaemia has announced record financial results that will see the charity double the amount of funding for research nurses in the West Midlands.
Annual UK drug deaths fall seven per cent
Published on 28 Feb, 2013 at 8:35 in Health, Most recent, NHS, Police, Politics, United Kingdom | | No Comments
Annual deaths related to heroin and morphine are continuing to drop significantly, falling from 41 per cent of total drug-related deaths in the UK in 2010 to 32 per cent in 2011
Boost for local hospitals with £232k maternity services investment
Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust has announced plans for a series of maternity unit improvements following a successful bid for additional funds
Birmingham Medical Charity Raises Cash and Saves Lives- Thanks to City Supporters
A Birmingham medical charity has raised more than £1500 to save the lives of mothers in developing countries.
Be careful out there
Emergency services are urging local people to take some simple precautions during the cold snap.
Good Hope leading the way internationally with bladder cancer laser treatment
A Good Hope consultant has won international recognition for leading a new treatment study
Local hospitals’ emergency departments under pressure
Hospital A&E departments are under extreme pressure this New Year’s Eve and emergency doctors are urging people to consider alternatives if their case is not urgent.
Medical Charity Doubles Your Donation to Save Mothers’ Lives
Medical charity Ammalife kicks off donation campaign with deal to double your offer to help save lives
Quality of Health Conference 19th October 2012
Changing Our Lives, a West Midlands based self-advocacy organisation working with people with disabilities, is holding a Quality of Health Conference at the Midlands Arts Centre
Good Hope to welcome new Chief Whip and the community to its first hospital fête
Published on 5 Sep, 2012 at 7:58 in Food and drink, NHS, Sutton Coldfield, What's on | | No Comments
Sutton Coldfield's Good Hope Hospital is holding its very first community fête next week
Back to School Warning for All
Published on 5 Sep, 2012 at 7:11 in Cycling, Health, Most recent, Motoring, NHS, West Midlands | | 1 Comment
More children on the roads again means more danger.
More complaints than ever, but complaining should be easier, says Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman
Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman reveals that a record number of enquiries were received in the last year from people needing help with their complaint.
Scale of unused medicines in West Midlands putting lives at risk
The British Heart Foundation have launched a new campaign to urge people to take their medicine, 'just like that'
Running For Ammalife: Parisian Style
Published on 16 Apr, 2012 at 8:50 in Birmingham, Health, Medicine, Most recent, NHS, Sport, Travel | | No Comments
Midwife Amie Wilson is running the Paris Marathon with her pal Sophie Webster to raise cash for this website’s official charity- Ammalife. It raises funds to save lives for pregnant mothers in developing countries. Here’s Amie’s latest report on the eve of the race. So we arrived safely in Paris, me from East Midlands
College Backs Ammalife and Helps Mothers Globally
from our staff A senior principal for a Birmingham college has backed the city based Ammalife medical campaign. Joseph Chamberlain College raised more than £366 for the charity which works worldwide to prevent maternal deaths during pregnancy or childbirth. The money was raised by students who are all learning English at the college. Many are
Hospital staff to shine as Olympic torchbearers
Four members of staff from Birmingham Heartlands Hospital have been chosen to carry the Olympic flame in Coventry this summer.
New website launched to aid cardiac patients
A scheme to help emergency heart victims has been set up in the West Midlands.
Revealed: The Secret NHS Reforms
Published on 21 Feb, 2012 at 11:54 in Comment, Emergency Services, Gardening, Health, Most recent, NHS, Politics | | 1 Comment
In an explosive scoop interview with no one else but me, deputy Tory leader Nick Clegg has told me, exclusively, how the NHS reforms will work once they are railroaded through Parliament. Top points are: ++As revealed on this site months ago, A new DIY health care package that sees patients perform minor surgery on
Winter warning from Ambulance Service
As the temperature continues to drop, local people are advised to take care.
Keep safe this New Year
West Midlands Ambulance Service has issued advice on safe enjoyment during the forthcoming onslaught.