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 […]
All five to 11-year-olds in the Midlands will be able to get their COVID-19 vaccine from today (4 April) as cases continue to rise. The total number of COVID-19 cases in the most recent 7-day period are 39,894 in the East Midlands (819.9 rate per 100,000 population) and 45,676 in the West Midlands (766.1 rate […]
Hundreds of people with type 1 diabetes in the Midlands benefit from life altering NHS pilot of artificial pancreases Over 250 adults and children with type 1 diabetes in the Midlands have been given the opportunity to use the life-altering ‘artificial pancreas’ by the NHS as part of the first nationwide pilot to assess the […]
A new gambling clinic will open in the Midlands as the NHS works to meet record demand for specialist support for gambling addiction. The new clinic based in Stoke-On-Trent will open from May and will join seven other specialist clinics in place across England in London, Leeds, Manchester, Sunderland, and Southampton. A national children and […]
Over 52,000 people in the Midlands (26,428 in the East Midlands and 26,554 in the West Midlands) have booked their COVID-19 Spring booster since the NHS began rolling out the new vaccinations just a week ago. People aged 75 and over and those with weakened immune systems are eligible for the vital extra boost the […]