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Birmingham City Council scraps 'unlawful' plans for £15m social care cuts

Birmingham City Council has been forced to scrap plans to end care packages for 4,000 adults after the decision was condemned by a High Court judge.Read

Warwickshire boy becomes smallest in UK to have lung transplant

A four-year-old boy from Warwickshire has become the smallest person in the UK to have a successful lung transplant.Read

Social care law 'needs big changes', says Law Commission

The most far-reaching reforms of adult social care law in 60 years are needed to improve the lives of the most vulnerable citizens, the body which reviews laws in England and Wales has said.Read

Hospital regulator 'afraid to upset NHS', Stafford inquiry hears

A former manager of the hospital watchdog the Health Care Commission (HCC) has launched a blistering attack on its replacement regulator the Care Quality Commission (CQC).Read

Death statistics were cut from Stafford Hospital report, inquiry told

The number deaths caused by appalling standards at Stafford Hospital was cut from a report to avoid a statistical debate, the former chairman of a health watchdog said.Read

Stafford Hospital recovery plan 'not effective' admits former health authority boss

A former health authority chief executive has admitted its strategy over failings at Stafford Hospital was not effective.Read

GPs warn of longer waiting times and restrictions to NHS services

West Midlands GPs have revealed NHS patient waiting times are increasing along with restrictions to services, according to a new survey.Read

No sign of problems at shamed Stafford Hospital, inquiry told

A former health authority chief has told an inquiry that there were no alarm bells over Stafford Hospital prior to a damning report into serious failings of care there. Read

Lord Philip Hunt of Kings Heath leads bid to improve Heart of England NHS

A Birmingham hospital trust is making determined moves to improve patient safety after a series of deaths caused by medical errors. One of those is to appoint the former leader of a national patient safety watchdog, Lord Philip Hunt of Kings HeathRead

Huge gap in cancer survival rates across UK

A study of post-operative death rates for one of the most common cancers has revealed “worrying” differences between NHS hospitals.Read

Birmingham GP welcomes temporary suspension of NHS reforms

As Ministers slam the brakes on controversial plans to transform the NHS, a leading Birmingham GP urges them to rethink the proposals. Jonathan Walker reports.Read

Head of Birmingham superhospital drafted in to save Government's health reforms

The head of Birmingham’s biggest hospital has been drafted in to try to save the Government’s struggling health policy.Read

Birmingham university scientists in major breakthrough against MRSA

Scientists at the University of Birmingham have made a significant breakthrough in the battle against hospital superbug MRSA.Read

Restrictions lifted at Good Hope Hospital after norovirus outbreak

Visiting restrictions have now been lifted at a Birmingham hospital struck by an outbreak of norovirus.Read

Commons committee calls for rethink over Government's NHS reforms

Controversial health reforms are in chaos after a Conservative-led committee demanded the Government think again.Read

Probe into claims of bogus GP seeing patients at Birmingham surgeries

TWO Birmingham Primary Care Trusts are investigating allegations that a bogus GP treated patients at two surgeries in the city.Read

Nearly 500 new NHS jobs created in the West Midlands

Nearly 500 new frontline NHS jobs are being created in the region despite the wave of cuts.Read

Stafford Hospital resisted requests for performance information, inquest told

Stafford Hospital constantly resisted requests for accurate information on how it was failing to meet targets to South Staffordshire Primary Care, an inquiry into appalling conditions at the hospital heard.Read

Businesses urged to back new Marie Curie hospice in Solihull

The West Midlands business community has been called on to back a multi-million-pound fundraising campaign to create a state-of-the-art Marie Curie hospice.Read

NHS manager numbers fall in the West Midlands

The number of National Health Service managers has fallen in the West Midlands for the first time in five years as the cuts begin to bite.Read