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 […]
Better information, wider availability and increased use of digital has helped increase levels of HPV (Human Papillomavirus) vaccinations among children in school year 8 in 2024-25. A bigger proportion of children aged 12 and 13 were vaccinated in 2024-25 compared to 2023-24: 73% of girls in Year 8 in the West Midlands compared to 72.76% […]
More than 1 in 4 (26%) people in the West Midlands have missed an NHS appointment because they forgot or arrived too late, according to a new survey. The NHS has launched a new campaign urging people to turn on ‘push alerts’ from the NHS App so they get reminders about appointments and can rearrange […]
More than 1 in 5 (21%) of people in the East Midlands have missed an NHS appointment because they forgot or arrived too late, according to a new survey. The NHS has launched a new campaign urging people to turn on ‘push alerts’ from the NHS App so they get reminders about appointments and can […]
Families across the East Midlands are being encouraged to use the half term school break to check their children’s measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccinations are up to date. The call comes as the latest measles data from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) shows that from 1 January to 9 February 2026, there have […]
The percentage of women in the Midlands aged between 53 and 71 attending a breast screening appointment in the last three years has increased to 71.5% in figures released today. There were 1,282,591 women eligible in the three years ending 31 March 2025 and 916,435 attended. In 2024 coverage was 70.1% and in 2023 67.05%. […]
Families across the West Midlands are being encouraged to use the half term school break to check their children’s measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccinations are up to date. The call comes as the latest measles data from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) shows that from 1 January to 9 February 2026, there have […]
More children and young people across the Midlands are receiving targeted mental health support, during Children’s Mental Health Week and beyond. This is down to an increase in Mental Health Support Teams (MHST) in schools and colleges across the Midlands. Mental Health Support Teams (MHST) are specially trained NHS staff that offer support and treatment […]