Sporting venues, shopping centres and festive locations across the Midlands are being transformed into Covid-19 vaccination sites this weekend as NHS staff seek to protect as many people as possible from the new Omicron strain. The new vaccine sites will join those already available through the National Booking System, making it even easier for people […]
More than 110,000 COVID-19 vaccinations were given across the Midlands yesterday (Tuesday 14 December) as the NHS and the public respond to the accelerated vaccine campaign. With in excess of 111,473 (and more than 100,000 boosters) jabs administered on Tuesday, the record day saw a huge 66% increase on the previous Tuesday, and the most […]
People in the Midlands aged 40 and over, along with those in high risk groups, will be able to book in for their life-saving COVID booster jab three months after their second dose. The vaccine programme has been extended as the NHS in the Midlands launches a new recruitment drive for thousands of vaccination workers. […]
The NHS in the Midlands is marking the one-year anniversary of the COVID vaccine rollout by paying tribute to the monumental effort of staff, pharmacies and volunteers who have delivered over 18 million vaccinations across the Midlands since the campaign began on 8 December 2020. A year on, cases of the new COVID variant, Omicron, […]
The NHS is urging parents to get their children vaccinated against COVID-19 amid concerns about the new COVID variant, Omicron. Over 115,000 12 to 15-year-olds in the West Midlands have received their first dose against COVID-19, but more are being urged to get protected ahead of the Christmas festivities. Latest statistics show that there are […]
The NHS is urging parents to get their children vaccinated against COVID-19 amid concerns about the new COVID variant, Omicron. Over 100,000 12 to 15-year-olds in the East Midlands have received their first dose against COVID-19, but more are being urged to get protected ahead of the Christmas festivities. Latest statistics show that there are […]
Over 200,000 people in the Midlands battled Storm Arwen and snow over the weekend to receive their lifesaving COVID-19 vaccination, as the NHS programme continues its drive to protect the most vulnerable ahead of Christmas. Sites included a vaccination bus at Nottingham’s Christmas Market, Highcross Shopping Centre, Leicester, the Mander Centre in Wolverhampton and Solihull […]
Over two million people have now received their top-up COVID-19 vaccinations in the Midlands from the NHS in under nine weeks. The region became the first to hit the milestone after the NHS kicked off the booster programme on September 16, within two days of updated advice from the independent Joint Committee on Vaccination and […]
A new “Antibiotic Amnesty” campaign running across all community pharmacies in the Midlands is asking people to hand-in their old or unused antibiotics to any local pharmacy for safe disposal. Antibiotics should never be saved for later or shared with other people. Any unused medication needs to be disposed of safely at a pharmacy. Using […]
Almost one in 10 people in the West Midlands could have diabetes by 2030 amid alarming levels of obesity, according to a new study. People are being urged to prevent or delay the onset of Type 2 diabetes ahead of World Diabetes Day on Sunday 14 November. Diagnoses of diabetes have doubled in the last […]