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People urged to seek help as NHS mental health crisis lines in the West Midlands receive 120,000 calls
People in the West Midlands experiencing mental health problems are being urged to call an NHS helpline so that they can receive the rapid care that they need without having to go to hospital for emergency care. Mental health phone lines run by the NHS have answered around 120,000 calls this year in the West […]
People urged to seek help as NHS mental health crisis lines in the East Midlands receive 120,000 calls
People in the East Midlands experiencing mental health problems are being urged to call an NHS helpline so that they can receive the rapid care that they need without having to go to hospital for emergency care. Mental health phone lines run by the NHS have answered around 120,000 calls this year in the East […]
New study reveals people in West Midlands seeking NHS weight loss help heavier than those before COVID
People in the West Midlands seeking NHS help to lose weight during the pandemic are on average five pounds heavier than those who started the NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme during the previous three years, new NHS research has revealed. Extra weight, gained as people lived through the COVID pandemic, means people are at higher risk […]
New study reveals people in East Midlands seeking NHS weight loss help heavier than those before COVID
People in the East Midlands seeking NHS help to lose weight during the pandemic are on average five pounds heavier than those who started the NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme during the previous three years, new NHS research has revealed. Extra weight, gained as people lived through the COVID pandemic, means people are at higher risk […]
East Midlands 16 and 17 year olds urged to walk in for COVID-19 jab this weekend to join 42,000 already jabbed
16 and 17 year olds in the East Midlands are being urged to get their NHS COVID jab this weekend ahead of the new term. Walk in vaccination sites are available all weekend and people can find their nearest site at Find a walk-in coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination site – NHS (www.nhs.uk) Sites in the East […]
West Midlands 16 and 17 year olds urged to walk in for COVID-19 jab this weekend to join 51,000 already jabbed
16 and 17 year olds in the West Midlands are being urged to get their NHS COVID jab this weekend ahead of the new term. Walk-in vaccination sites are available all weekend and people can find their nearest site at Find a walk-in coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination site – NHS (www.nhs.uk) Sites in the West Midlands […]
Over 256,000 16 and 17 year olds in the Midlands can get NHS COVID-19 Jab
Children and young people in the Midlands can now get the COVID-19 jab in the latest stage of the NHS vaccination programme, the biggest and most successful in health service history. The NHS has worked to rapidly extend the programme to 16 and 17 year olds, the country’s most vulnerable children and those who live […]
What it means to me: Communities share reasons for getting lifesaving COVID-19 vaccine as Midlands nears 13millionth jab
Official figures released this week show that the Midlands is due to become the first region in the country to reach 13million lifesaving COVID-19 vaccine doses, as the rollout of the biggest vaccination programme in the history of the NHS continues. The milestone is nearing closer on the day that a video by NHS organisations […]
Adults in the East Midlands urged to get vital second jab sooner
People in the East Midlands are being urged to have their second COVID-19 jab as soon as possible so they can get maximum protection from the virus and to protect themselves and their local communities Hundreds of thousands of text messages were sent last week by the NHS COVID vaccination programme encouraging people to get […]
Adults in the West Midlands urged to get vital second jab sooner
People in the West Midlands are being urged to have their second COVID-19 jab as soon as possible so they can get maximum protection from the virus and to protect themselves and their local communities Hundreds of thousands of text messages were sent last week by the NHS COVID vaccination programme encouraging people to get […]