A former nurse from Wolverhampton has revealed how she felt compelled to come out of retirement to join 400 nursing colleagues across the Midlands who returned to the frontline to support the NHS response to the pandemic. Cheryl Etches, who previously worked as a Chief Nurse at The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust before retiring in […]

A mum-of-five from Nottingham has revealed how she managed to overcome adversity to return to the frontline during the pandemic to support her nursing colleagues in the fight against Covid-19. Delicia Wild, 42, who had previously served as a nurse for five years between 2010 and 2015, returned to the profession in September last year […]

Children and young people can now access more mental health services in East Midlands schools. Over 150 Education Mental Health Practitioners have been trained in the Midlands between September 2019 and January 2021. Children and young people have been uniquely impacted by the pandemic and lockdown, with NHS research suggesting one in six may now […]

Children and young people can now access more mental health services in West Midlands schools. Over 150 Education Mental Health Practitioners have been trained in the Midlands between September 2019 and January 2021. Children and young people have been uniquely impacted by the pandemic and lockdown, with NHS research suggesting one in six may now […]

People in the West Midlands are being urged to reduce their risk of developing Type 2 diabetes by making some simple changes to their lifestyle ahead of Diabetes Prevention Week, which runs from 10-16 May. People living with diabetes face a significantly higher risk of dying with COVID-19, with a third of deaths in the […]

People in the East Midlands are being urged to reduce their risk of developing Type 2 diabetes by making some simple changes to their lifestyle ahead of Diabetes Prevention Week, which runs from 10-16 May. People living with diabetes face a significantly higher risk of dying with COVID-19, with over a quarter of deaths in […]

People in Lincolnshire are being urged to reduce their risk of developing Type 2 diabetes by making some simple changes to their lifestyle ahead of Diabetes Prevention Week, which runs from 10-16 May. People living with diabetes face a significantly higher risk of dying with COVID-19, with over a third of deaths in the Lincolnshire […]

People in Northamptonshire are being urged to reduce their risk of developing Type 2 diabetes by making some simple changes to their lifestyle ahead of Diabetes Prevention Week, which runs from 10-16 May. People living with diabetes face a significantly higher risk of dying with COVID-19, with over a quarter of deaths in Northamptonshire associated […]

NHS doctors, nurses, pharmacists, volunteers and more are continuing to encourage Muslim communities across the East and West Midlands to come forward to receive the life-saving COVID-19 vaccine during the Holy Month of Ramadan. Before the festival began on Monday 12 April, medical leaders and the majority of Islamic scholars came together to agree that […]

Everyone aged 40 and over is now being invited to book a life-saving Covid-19 jab as the NHS vaccination programme, the biggest and fastest in the health service’s history, goes from strength-to-strength. Nearly three quarters of a million appointments were made nationwide on Monday and Tuesday as the NHS began inviting 44-year olds followed by […]