Cooks, cleaners, caterers and care staff from Birmingham have won a landmark Court of Appeal decision which could pave the way for many more equal pay claims.Read
An open event is being held in Birmingham today (Monday) to give all interested parties the chance to have their say on the future structure of England’s largest provider of NHS community services.Read
Families and widows of patients who were allegedly subjected to “appalling and humiliating” care are launching legal action against a Worcestershire hospital trust.
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Doctors and nurses are being ferried two miles by taxi because of a lack of car parking spaces at Birmingham’s multi-million pound showpiece new hospital.Read
Hospitals and other NHS trusts have been warned there will be a zero tolerance on failings by new health managers for the region in the wake of a string of serious errors.Read
Stourbridge MP Margot James has demanded the return of matrons or nurse managers to every hospital ward, following warnings from official watchdogs that two West Midlands hospitals are putting elderly patients in danger.Read
Hospital chiefs criticised by the national health watchdog for appalling dignity standards of elderly patients have blamed the failings on staff shortages and the ethnic diversity of the area.Read
Women who donate eggs to help infertile couples conceive a child are to be given a lump sum of £750 compensation under new measures backed by the fertility watchdog.Read
A 13-year-old boy left with devastating brain injuries due to negligent delays in his birth at Birmingham Women’s Hospital has won £5.5 million damages.
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