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The 300th patient to take part in Recovery-RS, a trial that is comparing the effectiveness of different ventilation methods for hospitalised patients with COVID-19, has recently been recruited at Good Hope Hospital. The Recovery-RS trial, led...

The first person to take part in a industry-sponsored BMN 307 gene therapy study for Phenylketonuria (PKU) has been recruited at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB). The PHEARLESS study aims to investigate if a...

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A new walk-through coronavirus testing facility has opened for those with symptoms to book appointments at the University of Worcester Arena Car Park, in Worcester as part of the Government’s UK-wide drive to continue to improve the...

A new walk-through coronavirus testing facility is to open for those with symptoms to book appointments at the Zone 2 Long Stay Car Park, Oakeywell Street, in Dudley, as part of the Government’s UK-wide drive to...

    Well known community voices including celebrity chefs Atul Kochhar and Anjum Anand and media medic Dr Ranj Singh have joined forces to get behind the inaugural campaign from the NHS to urge South Asians...

WORLD OSTEOPOROSIS DAY (WOD), on October 20 each year, marks a year-long campaign dedicated to raising global awareness of the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis. WOD aims to make osteoporosis and fracture prevention a global...

On October 16 each year, World Spine Day describes the burden of spinal pain and disability for people, around the world.  World Spine Day promotes the importance of spinal health and well-being. The goal is to...

UHB is backing Clean Air Day, the UK’s biggest air pollution campaign – by launching our new green strategy to become more sustainable, with a particular focus on air pollution – which has been linked to up...

The global pandemic and lockdowns on top of all the usual life challenges can affect children just as much as adults. To mark World Mental Health Day on 10 October, former primary school teacher Catherine Lynch of education...