People needing mental health support across the West Midlands will benefit from new NHS facilities as part of a nationwide rollout of up to 159 sites. New community mental health centres on high streets and in neighbourhoods will help people in the region get support earlier, closer to home and before they reach crisis point. […]

NHS England in the Midlands is the first region to have procured at scale a provider of Ambient Voice Technology (AVT) for all its 1,239 GP practices as well as over 70,000 clinicians across 15 acute and community trusts, allowing more patients to be seen and reforming traditional administration practices. AVT, sometimes known as ambient […]

Parents and carers across the Midlands are being encouraged to make sure their children are fully protected against measles and other serious childhood illnesses, as the NHS launches a major vaccination drive.   The campaign will target children aged from 12 months to 11 years who have missed one or both doses of the measles, […]

National bowel screening service celebrates 20 years This month (July) it will be 20 years since sacks of envelopes containing small samples of poo started arriving at Rugby’s Hospital of St Cross. Since then, more than 22 million poo samples returned by people in the Midlands and North West region have been logged, analysed and […]

Dr Jess Harvey from South-East Shropshire Primary Care Network has been named national winner of the Leadership award at the inaugural NHS Excellence Awards.  East Midlands Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) Collaborative led by Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust were named national winners of the Improving Health Outcomes award.  The awards, delivered by NHS England, celebrate […]

NHS staff praised for delivering national waiting list target as a third of the drop in waiting lists achieved in the Midlands Overall number of patients waiting for treatment falls by 6.5% in a year across our region compared to 4.2% nationally Progress on the waiting list comes on the back of a year where […]

Four NHS organisations from the East Midlands have been named as Midlands regional champions in the first NHS Excellence Awards, recognising work that is improving care for patients and communities.   The NHS Excellence Awards are the only awards run by, and for, the NHS. They recognise, celebrate and share innovative work taking place across health and care. […]

Six NHS organisations from the West Midlands have been named as Midlands regional champions in the first NHS Excellence Awards, recognising work that is improving care for patients and communities.   The NHS Excellence Awards are the only awards run by, and for, the NHS. They recognise, celebrate and share innovative work taking place across health and care. […]

Patients across East Midlands will benefit from faster and more convenient tests, checks and scans after the government today announced investment in new and expanded Community Diagnostic Centres (CDCs) across the country and the region. In the East Midlands, nearly £43 million will be invested with one new CDC, two CDCs will be expanded, and three sites […]

Patients across West Midlands will benefit from faster and more convenient tests, checks and scans after the government today announced investment in new and expanded Community Diagnostic Centres (CDCs) across the country and the region. In the West Midlands, £5.5 million will be invested as two CDCs will be expanded and one will receive enhancements to boost […]