A Stoke-on-Trent resident who has battled bladder cancer is calling on people with cancer symptoms to get checked as soon as possible. Colin Knibbs, aged 74, went to the GP quickly when he noticed he had blood in his urine in November 2015. “I knew there was something wrong with me and my wife encouraged […]

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and women in the Midlands are being encouraged to attend for their regular breast screening appointment if they are contacted by screening services. Coronavirus (Covid-19) has had a major impact on the NHS, including on breast screening services and, as a result, women may have waited longer than they […]

The Regional Chief Midwife in the Midlands, Janet Driver, is urging pregnant women to get their free flu jab. Thousands of women in the region last year failed to get vaccinated leaving themselves and their unborn babies vulnerable to the deadly flu virus. Janet Driver, Regional Chief Midwife for NHS England and NHS Improvement in […]

Manjit Darby MBE, Director of Nursing Leadership & Quality at NHS England and NHS Improvement in the Midlands, was honoured on the day of her retirement for her remarkable nursing career by the Chief Nursing Officer for England, Ruth May. The prestigious Gold Award recognises Manjit’s exceptional and significant contribution to the NHS during a […]

A new major campaign which urges Midlands patients concerned about cancer to get checked and to keep routine appointments is being backed by celebrities including TV chefs Gordon Ramsay, Nadiya Hussein, and actress Emma Thompson. The NHS’s Help Us Help You access campaign will use TV adverts, billboards and social media to urge people to […]

NHS staff in the Midlands have worked very hard to make sure that cancer tests and treatment can go ahead quickly and safely during the Covid-19 pandemic. So, it’s vital that you contact your GP if you think there’s something wrong and it might be cancer. The key signs to look out for include; bleeding […]

Over 1,200 people in the Midlands have now self-referred for support online in less than two months to lose weight and prevent the onset of type 2 diabetes through the NHS Healthier You Diabetes Prevention Programme. Latest figures show that a quarter of people who have self referred through the new online service have come […]

A Nottingham mother of a child who has bravely battled cancer is urging parents to get their children checked quickly if they are showing symptoms of cancer despite the Covid-19 pandemic. Alice was just four when Jane Icke and her husband noticed that Alice had a persistent cough. Alice was treated with antibiotics, but the […]

The Regional Medical Director for the Midlands, Nigel Sturrock, is urging vulnerable patients not to be complacent about the threat of flu this winter. Nigel Sturrock, Regional Medical Director at NHS England and NHS Improvement in the Midlands, said: “It’s important that we all remember that flu is still a killer despite the current pandemic. […]

More than 150 NHS patients in the Midlands have received personal, specialised care thanks to a new service set up during the coronavirus pandemic. Stroke Connect, a nation-wide partnership between the NHS and the Stroke Association, provides stroke survivors with support and advice in the early days following hospital discharge, without having to leave the […]