Over 1,000 (1,052) people across the Midlands who joined the NHS COVID-19 vaccination programme have decided to stay on in the health service in other roles, in a huge boost to the region’s workforce. People across the Midlands came forward to support the NHS COVID-19 vaccination programme, and with training and skills built up over […]

Families are being urged to join the 57,000 five to 11-year-olds in the Midlands who have already benefited from the COVID-19 vaccine since the latest phase of the programme began rolling out on 4 April. Latest figures show that 28,544 five to 11-year-olds have been vaccinated in the East Midlands and 28,754 in the West […]

People in the West Midlands are being urged to visit NHS 111 online over the May bank holiday weekend if they have an urgent but not life-threatening medical need. NHS services are expected to be especially busy during the May bank holiday weekend as COVID cases in the community continue to spread. Cases of COVID […]

People in the East Midlands are being urged to visit NHS 111 online over the May bank holiday weekend if they have an urgent but not life-threatening medical need. NHS services are expected to be especially busy during the May bank holiday weekend as COVID cases in the community continue to spread. Cases of COVID […]

A senior GP in the Midlands is urging anyone who is eligible for their COVID-19 spring booster to make the booking before the protection offered by their last vaccination deteriorates. Dr Vijay Rawal, NHS medical director for Primary Care in the Midlands has made the call after a study led by Imperial College London shows […]

New NHS figures have revealed that NHS Trusts in the Midlands are on track in reducing waits for elective care of 104 weeks or more. Published in February, the NHS Elective Recovery Plan set out a blueprint for addressing COVID-19 backlogs that have inevitably built up during the pandemic including the aim to eliminate two-year […]

Over 34,000 five to 11-year-olds in the Midlands have now been booked in for the COVID-19 vaccine since the latest phase of the programme began rolling out on 4 April. Cases of COVID continue to rise and the numbers of people admitted into hospital with COVID is increasing. Some children do become particularly ill with […]

People in the Midlands are being encouraged to visit NHS 111 online this Easter if they have an urgent but not life-threatening medical need. COVID-19 cases in the community and hospital admissions continue to rise in the region and NHS services are expected to be especially busy during the Easter holiday period. In the last 7 […]

Over six million people in the Midlands have now received their lifesaving COVID-19 first booster vaccinations from the NHS. The region has become the first to hit the milestone after the NHS kicked off the booster programme on 16 September last year, within two days of updated advice from the independent Joint Committee on Vaccination […]

Thousands of people in the Midlands have been spared Type 2 diabetes thanks to the world leading NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme (NHS DPP), new research has revealed. New data suggests that the healthy living programme resulted in a 7% reduction in the number of new diagnoses of Type 2 diabetes in England between 2018 and […]