Parents and carers of children in the East Midlands are being reminded of the importance of routine vaccinations, with hundreds of thousands of texts, emails and letters being sent from this week encouraging families to book their child in for an MMR vaccine. The NHS is contacting parents and carers of children in the East […]

Thousands more NHS staff are working in children’s mental health services, as the demand for support is needed post-pandemic. The ambition in the NHS Long Term Plan sees NHS Mental Health Support Teams (MHST) in place in around 4,700 schools and colleges across the country, with 62 expert teams offering support to children experiencing anxiety, […]

The NHS autumn booster campaign in the Midlands has got off to a ‘flying start’ with over one million vaccines delivered in just over three weeks of the programme. The Midlands is the first region in England to hit the milestone and has achieved 1,025,360 of the country’s total vaccinations of 5,144,324. So far, over […]

Hundreds of volunteers from Walsall will be invited to return to a mobile clinic over the coming weeks for their second appointment as part of the NHS-Galleri trial.   Participants will be asked to give another blood sample to help investigate whether a multi-cancer blood screening test can help to detect cancer early before symptoms appear.   […]

Hundreds of volunteers from Derby will be invited to return to a mobile clinic over the coming weeks for their second appointment as part of the NHS-Galleri trial.   Participants will be asked to give another blood sample to help investigate whether a multi-cancer blood screening test can help to detect cancer early before symptoms appear.   […]

Almost 550,000 people in the Midlands have already received their autumn booster dose just two weeks into the NHS’s latest campaign against COVID-19. This includes people aged 65 and over, the severely immunosuppressed and frontline health and care workers. So far, over 329,000 autumn booster appointments in the East Midlands and over 296,000 appointments in the […]

People aged 65 and over in the West Midlands are being urged to book their autumn COVID booster through the national booking system to top up their protection ahead of winter. Over 136,000 people in the West Midlands have now been booked in for the COVID-19 vaccine since the latest phase of the programme began […]

People aged 65 and over in the East Midlands are being urged to book their autumn COVID booster through the national booking system and top up their protection ahead of winter. Almost 149,000 people in the East Midlands have now been booked in for the COVID-19 vaccine since the latest phase of the programme began […]

The NHS Covid-19 vaccination programme will begin to invite eligible people in the West Midlands to come forward for their life-saving autumn booster jabs from today. Frontline health and care workers, people who are immunosuppressed and people who are 75 and over will able to book in for the variant-targeted vaccine from 7am this morning. Over 2.5 million of the most vulnerable people to Covid-19 in […]

The NHS Covid-19 vaccination programme will begin to invite eligible people in the East Midlands to come forward for their life-saving autumn booster jabs from today. Frontline health and care workers, people who are immunosuppressed and people who are 75 and over will able to book in for the variant-targeted vaccine from 7am this morning. Over 2 million of the most vulnerable people to Covid-19 in […]