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 […]
People with diabetes in the East 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 over a quarter of deaths in […]
NHS soup and shake weight-loss plans are helping people to beat Type 2 diabetes in Birmingham and Solihull, which is one of the first sites in England to pilot the initiative. The success of the special diet plan in Birmingham and Solihull is being highlighted by NHS England and NHS Improvement in the Midlands ahead […]
The NHS will begin inviting more adults who have not yet been called forward to receive their life-saving COVID-19 vaccine from tomorrow – on the six month anniversary of the largest vaccination programme in the history of our NHS starting right here in the Midlands. 90-year old grandmother Maggie Keenan blazed a trail for the […]
Pregnant women in the Midlands are being encouraged to take up the offer of a life-saving COVID-19 vaccine when it is their turn. The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has advised that pregnant women should be offered the COVID-19 vaccine at the same time as the rest of the population, based on their […]
Pregnant women in the East Midlands are being encouraged to take up the offer of a life-saving COVID-19 vaccine when it is their turn. The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has advised that pregnant women should be offered the COVID-19 vaccine at the same time as the rest of the population, based on […]
Official figures released today show that more than 10million life-saving COVID-19 vaccines have now been delivered across the East and West Midlands, as the rollout of the biggest vaccination programme in the history of the NHS continues. Over six million people in the Midlands have received a first dose of the vaccine, while more than […]