A senior Birmingham NHS infection expert has warned that a lack of screening for a dangerous new superbug poses one of the biggest risks to hospitals.Read
Two young and healthy Birmingham sisters have taken the decision to have their breasts removed to beat the disease that has claimed the lives of their mother, grandmother and two great aunts.Read
A senior Birmingham NHS infection expert has warned that a lack of screening for a dangerous new superbug poses one of the biggest risks to hospitals.Read
A Birmingham doctor faces being struck off the medical register for being convicted of two criminal offences, including attacking a police officer while they were on duty.Read
Council health chiefs have launched a review into hospital bed-blocking – as the cash-strapped local authority faces a £2.2 million bill due the problem in the coming year.Read
Council health chiefs have launched a review into hospital bed-blocking – as the cash-strapped local authority faces a £2.2 million bill due the problem in the coming year.Read
The NHS trust which runs troubled Stafford Hospital has made significant improvements but there are still concerns over the standard of care, national watchdog Care Quality Commission (CQC) has said.Read
A West Midlands health trust has been ordered to make urgent changes after a paranoid schizophrenic patient absconded from a hospital and violently killed a pensioner within 24 hours.Read
Lifts at Birmingham’s new £2.6 billion superhospital broke down within weeks of opening in a “freak incident” because of the hot weather, it has emerged.Read
The region’s NHS chief executives come and go as often as football managers. Health Correspondent Alison Dayani looks at the consequences for our health services.Read
Alison Dayani is Health Correspondent on the Birmingham Mail but also covers general news, features, music and theatre. As a trained video journalist, she provides footage of events and health stories for the website too.
