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Government to deliver all schemes in New Hospital Programme
The government has confirmed funding and a realistic timetable to put the New Hospital Programme on track to deliver all of its hospital projects. This credible timeline for delivery will ensure that staff and patients have...2025-01-24 229 0 -
Green light for groundbreaking hearing aids
Tens of thousands of people with hearing loss will have access to groundbreaking new hearing aid devices, thanks to government action. Fresh guidance has been, giving businesses around the world the green light to sell certain pioneering...2025-01-20 422 0 -
Five Palliative Care priorities that need to be fixed in 2025 for assisted dying to work
Palliative care aims to improve the quality of life of people living with life-threatening illness and people close to them. It prevents and relieves suffering and focuses on helping people to live well until the end (Hospice UK...2025-01-13 739 0 -
Power to patients as government sets out plan to cut waiting lists
A revolutionised NHS App is among a raft of proposals aimed at giving patients greater power over how and when they receive elective treatment, as the government sets out its roadmap to cutting waiting times as...2025-01-07 895 0 -
PM sets out plan to end waiting list backlogs through millions more appointments
Millions of patients will be able to access more appointments closer to home and get the treatment they need faster under a new plan to tackle hospital backlogs set out by the PM. Tackling the 7.5million...2025-01-06 1072 0 -
Ladywood residents attend wellbeing event
Ladywood residents gathered to attend the first of a set of monthly events designed to help improve people’s wellbeing at the Ladywood Health and Community Centre, yesterday. As well as wellbeing support, staff were available to...2024-12-13 4839 0 -
Woodburning creates major PM2.5 air pollution issue in West Midlands
Woodburning has a major impact on air quality in Birmingham and the West Midlands – accounting for a substantial proportion of all fine pollution particles and representing a significant risk to public health, a new study...2024-12-13 2835 0 -
New online safety priorities for Ofcom and launch of study into effects of social media on children
Technology Secretary Peter Kyle has set out his priorities for the online safety regulator, Ofcom, as it prepares to implement and enforce the laws set out in the Online Safety Act next year. The Statement of Strategic...2024-11-20 2355 0 -
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria could pose major health threat across Asia
A virulent new strain of antibiotic-resistant bacteria that causes severe disease could be spreading widely across Asia – posing significant challenges to global public health, a new study reveals. Researchers discovered the ST164 variant of Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter...2024-11-10 2948 0 -
South Asians are at higher risk of some heart conditions, says BHF
A mum-of-two from Stanmore who had a heart attack while making Diwali sweets with her daughter, is helping the British Heart Foundation (BHF) raise awareness of how South Asians are at higher risk of some heart...2024-11-04 8577 0
