Anyone aged 65 to 69 in the East Midlands who has not been vaccinated is now being urged to respond to their recent invite to get their life-saving coronavirus vaccine at one of the vaccination centres and pharmacy-led sites across the region. Due to the continued success of the programme and the availability of supplies, […]

Anyone aged 65 to 69 in the West Midlands who has not been vaccinated is now being urged to respond to their recent invite to get their life-saving coronavirus vaccine at one of the vaccination centres and pharmacy-led sites across the region. Due to the continued success of the programme and the availability of supplies, […]

Shrewsbury Town Football Club has teamed up with the NHS to get behind a special campaign urging black, Asian and ethnic minority (BAME) people to take action to prevent or delay the onset of Type 2 diabetes. People living with diabetes face a significantly higher risk of dying with Covid-19, with nearly a third of […]

People in the East Midlands are being urged to get checked if they test negative for Covid-19 but have a persistent cough. Sir Andrew Strauss, the ex-England cricket captain who lost his wife to lung cancer, has backed the NHS and Public Health England Help Us Help You campaign to encourage lung cancer checks Television […]

People in the West Midlands are being urged to get checked if they test negative for Covid-19 but have a persistent cough. Sir Andrew Strauss, the ex-England cricket captain who lost his wife to lung cancer, has backed the NHS and Public Health England Help Us Help You campaign to encourage lung cancer checks. Television […]

NHS chief Sir Simon Stevens visited the Midlands today and thanked NHS staff across the country for their contribution to the successful start to the NHS Covid vaccine programme, which has in less than ten weeks already seen more than nine out of ten people aged 70 and over take up the offer to be […]

People looking to start a career as an NHS healthcare support worker in the Midlands are now able to join the service more quickly, thanks to a national partnership with job site Indeed. NHS England and NHS Improvement is working alongside Indeed to promote the range of NHS healthcare support worker roles that are available […]

Ludlow Racecourse is one of 39 new large-scale NHS vaccination centres to go live in the country this week along with 63 more pharmacy-led sites as the biggest immunisation programme in health service history continues to accelerate. The expansion follows a major milestone with residents at all eligible care homes having been offered a jab […]

People in the Midlands who feel their mental health has suffered during lockdown are being urged to seek the NHS mental health support they need. Latest figures show one in five fewer people are coming forward in the Midlands to access support for anxiety and depression. People are being urged to seek help straight away […]

Official figures later today are expected to confirm that the NHS has now offered the Covid-19 vaccine to residents at every eligible care home with older residents across the Midlands. The small remainder have had their visits deferred by local directors of public health for safety reasons during a local outbreak. Those homes will be […]