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Birmingham City Council falls short in tackling bed blocking

Birmingham City Council has failed to meet targets to tackle bed blocking and has failed to assess children at risk of abuse adequately, according to a performance review.Read

Number of prescribed medicines up 70% in ten years

The number of medicines given out on prescription has jumped almost 70% in the last decade, figures show.Read

Bowel cancer risk almost doubles for UK men since 1975

British men are twice as likely to get bowel cancer today as they were in the mid-1970s, research has shown.Read

Gisela Stuart backs quality assurance register for cosmetic injections

Birmingham MP Gisela Stuart has given her backing to a Department of Health campaign to beat the cosmetic enhancement cowboys.Read

Birmingham hospital nurse made 'sensational' claims, tribunal told

Claims made by a nurse that a patient was tortured when their anaesthetic failed at a Birmingham hospital were criticised as sensationalist and inappropriate by a senior member of staff, a tribunal was told.Read

Former Heartlands hospital boss lands new NHS role in Worcestershire

The former chief executive of a Birmingham hospital trust has landed a new top NHS role in the Midlands.Read

Solihull GP suspended after lying about qualifications

A Solihull GP who lied about her qualifications has been suspended from working for a year. Read

Birmingham nurse who raised a series of concerns was treated fairly, tribunal told

A nursing manager of a Birmingham hospital unit has denied that a member of staff was ostracised after raising a string of concerns.Read

West Midlands worst hit by postcode lottery for lung cancer treatment

West Midlands towns have faired the worst in a postcode lottery on lung cancer treatment.Read

Pledge to tackle health trainee unemployment

England’s chief medical officer has pledged to act on high levels of public health unemployment amid NHS cutbacks after being confronted in Birmingham.Read

Birmingham schools to get more powers to stop takeaways

Head teachers are to be given the power to object to chip shops, takeaways and pizza parlours within 300 metres of a school under new proposals designed to aid the battle against obesity.Read

Homes row hits plans for 'Harvard of the UK' medical research centre in Birmingham

Plans for a world-class medical research centre in Birmingham could be scuppered because of local opposition to a housing development that would pay for the project.Read

'Unacceptable gaps' in regulation, Stafford Hospital inquiry told

Investigations into serious failings at hospitals are being prevented because of gaps in the current regulation system, a public inquiry has heard.Read

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust told to improve elderly care

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust has been warned by the national health watchdog that it must do better on elderly care.Read

Health Secretary backs Birmingham's scheme to battle obesity

Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has given support for Birmingham’s plans to get junk food firms more involved with cutting the city’s obesity rates.Read

Damning report on Stafford Hospital was too 'emotive', inquest told

The language used in a damning report into standards at Stafford Hospital “knee-capped” the facility, according to the former chairman of a health watchdog.Read

New Shropshire cancer centre given the go-ahead

Planners have given the go-ahead for a multi-million pound cancer and haematology centre at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital.Read

Book claims Midlands dementia patients were robbed of their dignity

Diane Parkes speaks to a nursing student who kept diaries of the difficulties experienced by staff and patients in dementia wards across the MidlandsRead

Heart of England Foundation NHS Trust to open board meetings to public

The largest hospital foundation trust in Birmingham has revealed it is to be less secretive by opening up its board meetings to patients for public scrutiny.Read

Breast cancer surgeon excluded from working at Solihull Hospital

A breast cancer surgeon at the centre of a patient recall has been banned from working at an NHS hospital.Read