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 […]
People across the Midlands are being urged to use NHS 111 online as their first port of call for non-emergency medical advice over the Easter bank holiday weekend (3–6 April). With health services expected to be busy and resident doctors due to start industrial action for six days from 7am on 7 April, NHS clinicians […]
More and more patients in the Midlands are making use of digital tools to contact their GP at a time that’s convenient to them, according to new data. Since October 2025, patients have had the option of messaging their practice through its website or via the NHS App. The number of online submissions made to […]