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Integration is firmly on the leadership agenda for health and care systems in the West Midlands, between health, social care, public health and the wider community and voluntary sector, joining up our offer of services to the population – preventing illness, through to treatment and home again. Here Alison Tonge, Director of Commissioning Operations for […]

The red bag scheme or ‘hospital transfer pathway’ is a small change having a big impact on care home residents in the West Midlands region. When a resident becomes unwell and is assessed as needing hospital care, care home staff pack a dedicated red bag that includes the resident’s standardised paperwork and their medication, as […]

The NHS in the West Midlands is hoping to raise awareness of the health risks associated with diabetes, encouraging the public to live well and look after themselves as  part of Diabetes Week, (11 June to 16 June) and its 70th birthday celebrations on July 5 next month. More than 440,000 people living in the […]

The NHS in the West Midlands has today (Friday 18 May) revealed that two of its NHS organisations have been chosen as regional champions in a prestigious competition to mark the NHS’s 70th birthday. Heartlands Elderly Care, Trauma and Ongoing Recovery project (HECTOR) at Heartlands Hospital have been shortlisted in the Excellence in Urgent and Emergency […]

Three projects in Hertfordshire nominated by local MPs have been chosen as regional champions in a prestigious competition to mark the NHS’s 70th birthday. The Midlands and East champions of their respective awards are: The Future NHS Award Sponsored by Health HR UK Regional champion: Renal Telemedicine Team at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust Nominated […]

The NHS in west Suffolk has today (Friday 18 May) revealed that the My WiSH Charity from West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust is one of 10 it has chosen as regional champions in a prestigious competition to mark the NHS’s 70th birthday. My WiSH Charity has been chosen as the regional winner in The Patient and […]

The NHS in the Midlands and East area has today (Friday 18 May) revealed that Professor Barbara Wilson OBE from Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust is one of 10 it has chosen as regional champions in a prestigious competition to mark the NHS’s 70th birthday. As a resident of Bury St Edmunds, Barbara Wilson was nominated […]

The NHS in the Midlands and East area has today (Friday 18 May) revealed that the Norfolk Just One Number service from Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust is one of 10 it has chosen as a regional champion in a prestigious competition to mark the NHS’s 70th birthday. Norfolk Just One Number was nominated by Chloe […]

In response to recent concerns about ambulance services in the East of England, the NHS within the region held a Risk Summit on Tuesday 30 January. Co-hosted by NHS Improvement and NHS England, the summit was attended by representatives from the East of England Ambulance Service Trust (EEAST), its lead commissioner Ipswich and East Suffolk […]

Construction of a brand new, £2.3 million health centre in Brownsover, Rugby, is due to start in January 2018, after plans were approved by the NHS. The countdown to construction is on after NHS Property Services, which is delivering the new Brownsover Medical Centre on behalf of NHS England and Coventry and Rugby Clinical Commissioning […]