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NHS Pilot Soups and Shakes Diet launches in the Midlands to fight diabetes

NHS Pilot Soups and Shakes Diet launches in the Midlands to fight diabetes Patients in the Midlands are now able to access NHS soup and shake weight-loss plans to tackle type 2 diabetes. The very-low-calorie diet and lifestyle plans have been shown to put Type 2 diabetes into remission for people recently diagnosed with the […]

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Mary urges people with cancer symptoms to get checked quickly

A Shropshire lady who has bravely battled bladder cancer is urging people with cancer symptoms to get checked quickly despite the pandemic. Mary, now in her 70s, had a radical cystectomy last July using robot assisted surgery. She recovered very well, but in June this year a persistent discharge had developed and was getting worse. […]

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Chief Nurse issues NHS plea to Midlands students ahead of A-Level results

Siobhan Heafield, the Chief Nurse for the Midlands, has issued a rallying call to those receiving their A-Level results tomorrow to seriously consider a career in nursing. NHS staff including nurses have pulled out all the stops to treat over 100,000 COVID-19 patients as well as everyone else who needed care over the last six […]

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New Improvement Alliance set to improve services for patients in Shropshire

A leading teaching hospital will provide targeted support to improve services for patients at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH). University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) has entered an Improvement Alliance with SaTH to provide leadership expertise that will support the Trust to offer clinically safe and sustainable patient services. It will […]

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NHS Fitness App keeps Midlands people fit during lockdown

A fitness tool backed by the NHS has been adopted by thousands of people in the Midlands seeking to get in shape during lockdown. New figures show that downloads of Public Health England’s ‘Couch to 5k’ app skyrocketed over the last three months. From March until the end of June, there were almost one million […]

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Frontline Midlands NHS workers feature in Rankin’s powerful portrait series to mark NHS anniversary

Powerful and personal portraits by acclaimed photographer Rankin of frontline Midlands NHS workers who responded to the COVID-19 pandemic have been unveiled today to celebrate the NHS anniversary. Anne Roberts and Claudia Anghel were selected to be photographed for the collection, which will be showcased at local bus stops, roadside billboards as well as iconic […]

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