Ƶ

Load mobile navigation
PREMIUM

NHS

Russell Luckock: Our nurses need good leaders not extra training
Economic Development
Once more, it appears that Government has chosen to speak without really thinking through the implications of their proposals.
Bookmark
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.
Bookmark
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.
Bookmark
NHS changes don't go far enough, says Stafford Hospital campaigner
Economic Development
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.
Bookmark
Failing managers to be blacklisted after Stafford Hospital scandal
Economic Development
NHS managers in failing hospitals will be put on a blacklist to ensure they can never work in the health service again - to prevent a repeat of the Stafford Hospital scandal.
Bookmark
Time for 'back to basics' after Stafford Hospital scandal - Cameron
Economic Development
David Cameron has said it was time to “get back to some basic thoughts” about care in the NHS as the Government prepares to publish its response to the Mid-Staffordshire health scandal inquiry.
Bookmark
Birmingham's old Queen Elizabeth Hospital reopened in beds crisis
Economic Development
Patients are being sent to an obsolete hospital dating to the 1930s – because the £545 million superhospital built to replace it cannot cope.
Bookmark
Winners celebrate at Birmingham Law Society Legal Awards
Professional Services
Eversheds was named Law Firm of the Year in the 16 partners or more category at the Birmingham Law Society Legal Awards.
Bookmark
The true cost of private schemes to protect your health
Economic Development
For most people protecting their health and that of their family is a top priority.
Bookmark
Sir David Nicholson 'determined to stay on' despite Stafford Hospital debacle
Economic Development
Under-fire NHS boss Sir David Nicholson has said he is “absolutely determined” to stay in his job despite admitting failures over the Stafford Hospital scandal.
Bookmark
Campaigners repeat call for NHS chief's resignation over Stafford Hospital
Economic Development
Health campaigners demanding that senior managers are held to account for the Stafford Hospital "disaster" are to step up their calls for the resignation of NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson.
Bookmark
Rich List 2013: No.33 - Sir Euan Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe (£165m)
Economic Development
It’s all change at the top of Sir Euan Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe’s Calthorpe Estates in Edgbaston.
Bookmark
Birmingham City Council's 'jaws of doom' funding gap grows by £20m
Economic Development
The ‘jaws of doom’ budget gap surrounding Birmingham City Council’s finances have widened to £625 million, leader Sir Albert Bore has revealed.
Bookmark
Feeling feminine again with Michelle Usher's Belovely clothing range
Retail & Consumer
A new fashion label is helping to give women back their confidence breast cancer surgery.
Bookmark
£52.5m funding deal for St Andrew’s Healthcare agreed in city
Lloyds
A £52.5 million funding package to help the Ƶ’s largest not-for-profit mental healthcare charity expand into a new hospital has been agreed in Birmingham.
Bookmark
Kumar Bhattacharyya: The key role of science and technology
Economic Development
I have long believed that science and technology are central to almost every issue we face as a nation.
Bookmark
Searching for the truth over fluoridation
Economic Development
Chris Game, of the Institute of Local Government Studies, University of Birmingham, asks if the issues of fluoride in the water supply are really as clear-cut as they appear.
Bookmark
Business liable for bullying claims
Professional Services
The bully boys look like being caught out for once.
Bookmark
Councillors' wishlist presented to Kelly
Economic Development
Council leaders laid down a challenge to Local Government Minister Ruth Kelly as they gathered in Bournemouth for their annual conference today.
Bookmark
Leave Redditch alone - Taylor
Economic Development
The MP representing Wyre Forest in Worcestershire - where services were axed from Kidderminster Hospital - has warned history must not be allowed to repeat itself in Redditch.
Bookmark
Tyson has a right to earn his living in our society
Economic Development
The campaign to ban Iron Mike from Birmingham is misguided, argues Ian Clarkson...
Bookmark
Health care unaffected by cutting facilities
Economic Development
Downgrading services at a hospital at the centre of a General Election row between locals and the Government did not adversely affect healthcare provision in the area, a new study suggested yesterday.
Bookmark
All quiet on the crane front as mix changes
Commercial Property
Birmingham is taking a breather after a break-neck development boom that has seen the city centre transformed almost beyond recognition.
Bookmark
Story Saved
You can find this story in  My Bookmarks.Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right.