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New homes for army medical staff based at Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Economic Development
The houses are a joint initiative between Birmingham City Council, the Ministry of Defence and construction partners.
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Former MP Jacqui Smith gets top job at QE Hospital
Economic Development
Politician who lost her Redditch seat after being embroiled in an expenses scandal is to become chair of University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust
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Major honour for brave teenager Malala Yousafzai
Economic Development
The Pakistani student, nursed back to health at Edgbaston’s QE Hospital, honoured for her work
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Queen Elizabeth Hospital builder sells facilities management arm
Commercial Property
GDF Suez agrees £190 million deal as firm to focus on major infrastructure projects
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Birmingham NHS phone line failed on costs and targets
Economic Development
Birmingham OwnHealth telephone service failed to keep patients out of hospital or cut costs and may have actually increased them.
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Call for culture change after Stafford Hospital scandal
Economic Development
Review says changing the culture of the NHS will trump any new rules and strategies
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Stafford Hospital scandal: Administrators recommend dissolving NHS Trust
Economic Development
Hospital in line for major shake-up as it faces loses key services
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High marks for Midland hospitals in survey
Economic Development
Boost for local hospitals as the health service is under intense scrutiny
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Birmingham Children's Hospital professor is one of country's most inspirational women
Economic Development
Professor Deirdre Kelly set up the hospital’s liver unit in 1989. She has developed the facility into the leading paediatric liver unit in the world
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International award for pioneering Birmingham medic
Economic Development
Consultant at Heartlands Hospital carried out the pioneering research into type-2 diabetes
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Stafford Hospital patients 'shown lack of respect'
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New accusations from patients after Francis report criticises management of Midland hospital
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£8m cervical cancer lab opens in Birmingham
Economic Development
State-of-the art centre aims to combat cervical cancer with more than 2.6 million samples tested each year
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Administrators of troubled Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust given more time
Economic Development
The health regulator Monitor said it had agreed to a request from the special administrators at the trust, giving them an extra 30 days to draw up a financially and clinically viable plan to deliver healthcare at the two hospitals it runs - Stafford Hospital and Cannock Chase Hospita
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A&E departments hit breaking point at West Midlands hospitals
Economic Development
Three NHS trusts running hospitals in Birmingham fail to hit waiting time targets for casualty wards
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Vandals attack grave of Stafford Hospital campaigner's mother
Economic Development
A grieving daughter who took on NHS bosses at scandal-hit Stafford Hospital has claimed her mother’s grave has been desecrated by hate campaigners.
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Mum tells of grief after son dies in routine operation at Birmingham Children's Hospital
Economic Development
Ryan Senior went for a routine operation at Birmingham Children's Hospital but a series of mistakes meant the 16-year-old lost his life.
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Council leader Sir Albert Bore to quit as Birmingham hospitals chairman
Economic Development
Birmingham City Council leader Sir Albert Bore is to stand down as chairman of University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust, according to reports.
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Cushman & Wakefield raise £5,000 for Birmingham Children's Hospital
Economic Development
Kind-hearted staff at the Colmore Row office of a global property services firm have raised £5,000 for Birmingham Children's Hospital.
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West Midlands hospitals missing A&E waiting time targets
Economic Development
The number of patients forced to wait hours for treatment has shot up at many West Midlands hospitals, official figures have revealed.
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Business as usual during administration, insists Staffordshire NHS trust
Economic Development
A Staffordshire hospital trust which became the first of its kind in the country to be placed into administration has insisted it’s “business as usual” for patients.
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Trust to go into administration after Stafford Hospital scandal
Economic Development
Scandal-hit Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust is to become the first foundation trust in the country to be put into administration, regulators have announced.
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Calls for Birmingham NHS trust to take control of Redditch hospital
Economic Development
The trust which runs Birmingham’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital has become embroiled in a bitter row with another Midland health trust over suggestions that it could take over another hospital.
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Lack of social care blamed for rise in bed blocking in Birmingham
Economic Development
The number of patients stuck in hospital unnecessarily has shot up by 70 per cent in Birmingham in the past year, official figures have revealed.
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NHS changes don't go far enough, says Stafford Hospital campaigner
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The changes announced by Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt do not go far enough, said a leading campaigner for changes in the NHS whose mother died at Stafford Hospital.
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