Dr Jess Harvey from South-East Shropshire Primary Care Network has been named national winner of the Leadership award at the inaugural NHS Excellence Awards. East Midlands Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) Collaborative led by Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust were named national winners of the Improving Health Outcomes award. The awards, delivered by NHS England, celebrate […]
NHS staff praised for delivering national waiting list target as a third of the drop in waiting lists achieved in the Midlands Overall number of patients waiting for treatment falls by 6.5% in a year across our region compared to 4.2% nationally Progress on the waiting list comes on the back of a year where […]
Four NHS organisations from the East Midlands have been named as Midlands regional champions in the first NHS Excellence Awards, recognising work that is improving care for patients and communities. The NHS Excellence Awards are the only awards run by, and for, the NHS. They recognise, celebrate and share innovative work taking place across health and care. […]
Six NHS organisations from the West Midlands have been named as Midlands regional champions in the first NHS Excellence Awards, recognising work that is improving care for patients and communities. The NHS Excellence Awards are the only awards run by, and for, the NHS. They recognise, celebrate and share innovative work taking place across health and care. […]
Patients across East Midlands will benefit from faster and more convenient tests, checks and scans after the government today announced investment in new and expanded Community Diagnostic Centres (CDCs) across the country and the region. In the East Midlands, nearly £43 million will be invested with one new CDC, two CDCs will be expanded, and three sites […]
Patients across West Midlands will benefit from faster and more convenient tests, checks and scans after the government today announced investment in new and expanded Community Diagnostic Centres (CDCs) across the country and the region. In the West Midlands, £5.5 million will be invested as two CDCs will be expanded and one will receive enhancements to boost […]
People across the Midlands are being urged to use NHS 111 online as their first port of call for non-emergency medical advice over the Easter bank holiday weekend (3–6 April). With health services expected to be busy and resident doctors due to start industrial action for six days from 7am on 7 April, NHS clinicians […]
More and more patients in the Midlands are making use of digital tools to contact their GP at a time that’s convenient to them, according to new data. Since October 2025, patients have had the option of messaging their practice through its website or via the NHS App. The number of online submissions made to […]
Better information, wider availability and increased use of digital has helped increase levels of HPV (Human Papillomavirus) vaccinations among children in school year 8 in 2024-25. A bigger proportion of children aged 12 and 13 were vaccinated in 2024-25 compared to 2023-24: 73% of girls in Year 8 in the West Midlands compared to 72.76% […]
More than 1 in 4 (26%) people in the West Midlands have missed an NHS appointment because they forgot or arrived too late, according to a new survey. The NHS has launched a new campaign urging people to turn on ‘push alerts’ from the NHS App so they get reminders about appointments and can rearrange […]