When Solihull maternity unit was downgraded last year, health bosses insisted it would make labour wards safer. Since then midwifery services have been pushed to breaking point and staffing levels may have contributed to the death of a baby at Heartlands Hospital.Read
An internal investigation into a baby who died at birth under Heart of England Foundation Trust’s care has revealed short staffing played a part in the death.Read
A care home company has been fined £100,000 after being prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive in connection with the death of a 91-year-old woman at a home in Walsall.Read
An elderly Alzheimer’s patient was left battered and bruised on a specialist NHS dementia ward after being repeatedly attacked by other patients, his family has claimed.
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The head of Birmingham’s biggest hospital trust has warned the Government not to rush ahead with reforms to the health service, after David Cameron agreed to make major concessions on his plans for the NHS in England.Read
Health chiefs have performed a U-turn on slashing 700 hospital beds in Birmingham – but plan to save £100 million by cutting back on operations instead.Read
Britain’s biggest new hospital in 70 years has treated more than 200,000 patients in its first year but executives are now preparing to move their busiest services to date.
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Hospitals in the West Midlands altered the way they recorded patient deaths to improve their mortality rates, it has been claimed at a public inquiry.Read
THE emotional and physical strain of providing long-term care at home for sick, often elderly relatives is huge – just ask anyone struggling to cope with its demands.Read
Developing a drug can take more than two decades. Health Correspondent Alison Dayani investigates part of the process carried out at a clinical research centre in Birmingham.
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Ministers are to attempt to win support for controversial health reforms by promising to give patients a greater voice, following a review by a Birmingham GP.Read
The Government must be ready to take over threatened care homes owned by ailing Southern Cross and hand them over to local authorities, a Birmingham MP has insisted.Read
A grieving husband has threatened to take legal action against the hospital where his wife died after a coroner criticised medics for “gross failures” in her treatment in her final hours.Read
