A group of medical students, ICU consultants and other retired and returning consultants from a Birmingham hospital who helped to keep patients in-touch with their loved ones while they were in hospital with coronavirus, have today received a national award in recognition of their work at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. The NHS Parliamentary […]

An 81-year-old NHS Engineer who has been making a difference in hospitals throughout Derbyshire for 58 years, has today received a lifetime achievement award in recognition of his service over six decades at this year’s NHS Parliamentary Awards. The awards, arranged by the NHS and supported by Fuji Film, are designed to recognise and celebrate […]

Figures released today show that there are just over 800,000 people who are yet to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in the East Midlands. The NHS is calling on those people to ‘grab a jab’ this weekend or book an appointment as cases of the Delta variant increase across the region. Evidence shows that very few […]

Figures released today show that there are around 1.3 million people who are yet to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in the West Midlands. The NHS is calling on those people to ‘grab a jab’ this weekend or book an appointment as cases of the Delta variant increase across the region. Evidence shows that very few […]

Walk-in clinics are opening across the East Midlands this weekend in a big push to get as many people as possible vaccinated against COVID-19. The bumper weekend of walk-ins, which runs from Friday 25 until Monday 28 June, aims to make it easier and more convenient than ever for all adults who have not had […]

Walk-in clinics are opening across the West Midlands this weekend in a big push to get as many people as possible vaccinated against COVID-19. The bumper weekend of walk-ins, which runs from Friday 25 until Monday 28 June, aims to make it easier and more convenient than ever for all adults who have not had […]

All adults can now book a life-saving COVID-19 jab vaccine, NHS chief executive Sir Simon Stevens announced today. Everyone aged 18 and over is being urged to arrange a jab if they have not had one as the NHS COVID-19 Vaccination Programme, the biggest in health service history, begins the final push to protect the […]

All adults can now book a life-saving COVID-19 jab vaccine, NHS chief executive Sir Simon Stevens announced today. Everyone aged 18 and over is being urged to arrange a jab if they have not had one as the NHS COVID-19 Vaccination Programme, the biggest in health service history, begins the final push to protect the […]

Siobhan Heafield, Regional Chief Nurse at NHS England and NHS Improvement in the Midlands has been awarded an MBE in the 2021 Queen’s Birthday Honours for services to Nursing and the Covid-19 Response. Siobhan has been deeply committed to the delivery of high-quality practice and standards and has demonstrated this commitment as a nurse at […]

People with diabetes in the West Midlands are being urged to have their COVID-19 vaccine as soon as it is offered to them. The plea comes ahead of Diabetes Week which runs from 14 – 20 June. People living with diabetes face a significantly higher risk of dying with COVID-19, with a third of deaths […]