“It felt like I was walking through treacle,” says one patient. In the West Midlands, NHS cardiac specialists are telling the public during British Heart Foundation’s Heart Month why it is essential to recognise the signs and symptoms if you think you’re having a heart attack. A heart attack is a sudden interruption to the […]

“I could not sit or lay down comfortably. I thought maybe I’d strained something,” says a Nottingham patient. In the East Midlands, NHS cardiac specialists are telling the public during British Heart Foundation’s Heart Month why it is essential to recognise the signs and symptoms if you think you’re having a heart attack. A heart […]

This Stroke Prevention Day (Thursday 30 January), West Midlands residents who are 40+ are urged to get a free NHS blood pressure check at their local community pharmacy.  Over the past year, community pharmacies in the West Midlands gave free blood pressure checks to more than 263,000 people. Of those checked, 27,000 were found to […]

Unique stroke team initiative and free blood pressure checks in community pharmacies helping prevent strokes in region For Stroke Prevention Day (Thursday 30 January), NHS Midlands is focussed on two initiatives in the region to ensure those who have experienced stroke, or may be at risk of stroke, have their blood pressure monitored. The first […]

This Cervical Cancer Prevention week, the NHS in the Midlands is calling on those who are eligible to book their cervical screening appointments. Doctors and nurses are encouraging those who may have missed an appointment to come forwards, ‘it’s not too late’. Those who have received an invitation for cervical screening can call their GP […]

East Midlands has highest % of GPs enrolled in online registration services in England Almost all GP practices in the East Midlands are now offering online registration, making it easier than ever for people to sign up or make the switch. According to the latest NHS data, GP practices in the East Midlands have the […]

West Midlands has all of its GP practices enrolled in online registration services in England Almost all GP practices in the West Midlands are now offering online registration, making it easier than ever for people to sign up or make the switch. According to the latest NHS data, GP practices in the West Midlands have […]

Over 9 million Midlands residents logged into the NHS App in November  In the last month (November 2024) there were over nine million log-ins to the NHSApp from Midlands patients (3.7m in the East Midlands and 5.3m in the West Midlands) as the NHS encourages those not yet using the App to download it to help […]

Mental health services in the Midlands are recruiting an extra 395 NHS Talking Therapy Practitioners, also known as Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners, Cognitive Behavioural Therapists and Counsellors, over the next six months. This is thanks to an extra £592 million to expand services across the NHS in England. Central funding will also be available to recruit […]

An NHS Pharmacy service providing an oral contraception without needing to see a GP is celebrating its first anniversary this week. Over the last 12 months, 53,000 women across the region have visited their local community pharmacy in the Midlands to begin oral contraception or for a repeat prescription through the service. In the West […]