The West Midlands has been selected as one of eight areas of the country to take part in the world’s largest trial of a revolutionary new blood test that can detect more than 50 types of cancer before symptoms appear. People in the West Midlands will be among the first to have blood samples taken […]

The East Midlands has been selected as one of eight areas of the country to take part in the world’s largest trial of a revolutionary new blood test that can detect more than 50 types of cancer before symptoms appear. People in the East Midlands will be among the first to have blood samples taken […]

People in the West Midlands experiencing mental health problems are being urged to call an NHS helpline so that they can receive the rapid care that they need without having to go to hospital for emergency care. Mental health phone lines run by the NHS have answered around 120,000 calls this year in the West […]

People in the East Midlands experiencing mental health problems are being urged to call an NHS helpline so that they can receive the rapid care that they need without having to go to hospital for emergency care. Mental health phone lines run by the NHS have answered around 120,000 calls this year in the East […]

People in the West Midlands seeking NHS help to lose weight during the pandemic are on average five pounds heavier than those who started the NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme during the previous three years, new NHS research has revealed. Extra weight, gained as people lived through the COVID pandemic, means people are at higher risk […]

People in the East Midlands seeking NHS help to lose weight during the pandemic are on average five pounds heavier than those who started the NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme during the previous three years, new NHS research has revealed. Extra weight, gained as people lived through the COVID pandemic, means people are at higher risk […]

16 and 17 year olds in the East Midlands are being urged to get their NHS COVID jab this weekend ahead of the new term. Walk in vaccination sites are available all weekend and people can find their nearest site at Find a walk-in coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination site – NHS (www.nhs.uk) Sites in the East […]

16 and 17 year olds in the West Midlands are being urged to get their NHS COVID jab this weekend ahead of the new term. Walk-in vaccination sites are available all weekend and people can find their nearest site at Find a walk-in coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination site – NHS (www.nhs.uk) Sites in the West Midlands […]

Children and young people in the Midlands can now get the COVID-19 jab in the latest stage of the NHS vaccination programme, the biggest and most successful in health service history. The NHS has worked to rapidly extend the programme to 16 and 17 year olds, the country’s most vulnerable children and those who live […]

Official figures released this week show that the Midlands is due to become the first region in the country to reach 13million lifesaving COVID-19 vaccine doses, as the rollout of the biggest vaccination programme in the history of the NHS continues. The milestone is nearing closer on the day that a video by NHS organisations […]