People in the West Midlands are being urged to get checked if they test negative for Covid-19 but have a persistent cough. Sir Andrew Strauss, the ex-England cricket captain who lost his wife to lung cancer, has backed the NHS and Public Health England Help Us Help You campaign to encourage lung cancer checks. Television […]
NHS chief Sir Simon Stevens visited the Midlands today and thanked NHS staff across the country for their contribution to the successful start to the NHS Covid vaccine programme, which has in less than ten weeks already seen more than nine out of ten people aged 70 and over take up the offer to be […]
People looking to start a career as an NHS healthcare support worker in the Midlands are now able to join the service more quickly, thanks to a national partnership with job site Indeed. NHS England and NHS Improvement is working alongside Indeed to promote the range of NHS healthcare support worker roles that are available […]
Ludlow Racecourse is one of 39 new large-scale NHS vaccination centres to go live in the country this week along with 63 more pharmacy-led sites as the biggest immunisation programme in health service history continues to accelerate. The expansion follows a major milestone with residents at all eligible care homes having been offered a jab […]
People in the Midlands who feel their mental health has suffered during lockdown are being urged to seek the NHS mental health support they need. Latest figures show one in five fewer people are coming forward in the Midlands to access support for anxiety and depression. People are being urged to seek help straight away […]
Official figures later today are expected to confirm that the NHS has now offered the Covid-19 vaccine to residents at every eligible care home with older residents across the Midlands. The small remainder have had their visits deferred by local directors of public health for safety reasons during a local outbreak. Those homes will be […]
More vaccination sites are now available in the Midlands as NHS staff continue to deliver life-saving Covid jabs. There is now a network of more than 1,400 vaccinations sites nationally. The milestone has been hit just seven weeks after Maggie Keenan, 91, became the first person in the world to be vaccinated against the virus […]
NHS staff will start delivering life-saving Covid vaccinations in the Midlands at Derby Arena, a former DIY store and the museum where BBC hit Peaky Blinders was filmed today. The new NHS Vaccination Centres in the Midlands are among more than 30 opening across the country as the vaccination drive continues to accelerate. There is […]
The countess surprised Lincolnshire nurses and healthcare assistants at the Lincolnshire General Practice Nurse and Health Care Assistant virtual conference. The Lincolnshire General Practice Nurse Conference took place on the 20th of January 2021, online. Her Royal Highness, the Countess of Wessex joined the start of the conference and thanked all healthcare staff in the […]
The Al-Abbas Mosque in Balsall Heath, a community centre in Walsall and cricket club in Burslem, Stoke on Trent are among 12 new West Midlands sites that are now delivering life-saving coronavirus vaccinations. On 14 January 2021 a Telford pharmacy became among the first in the UK to roll out the vaccine. Woodside Pharmacy was […]