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Suzanne Virdee officially opens City Hospital’s neo-natal unit

PARENTS and medics gathered to ‘wet the baby’s head’ on a new £3.8 million Birmingham neonatal unit as it marked its official opening.Read

£8.5million health booster for Stechford as new Richmond Primary Care Centre is opened

A NEW £8.5million health complex has opened in Birmingham’s inner city, transforming healthcare for more than 12,000 people.Read

Suzanne Virdee officially opens City Hospital’s neo-natal unit

PARENTS and medics gathered to ‘wet the baby’s head’ on a new £3.8 million Birmingham neonatal unit as it marked its official opening.Read

Asbestos-related lung disease on rise in West Midlands

DEATH rates in the West Midlands from asbestos-related lung disease Mesothelioma have continued to surge, according to latest official reports.Read

Review: A-ha at Birmingham NIA

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WITH only weeks since A-ha announced they were to split, it appears that this was the band’s final ever appearance in Birmingham.Read

Birmingham nurses give diamond wedding anniversary couple a real tonic

A COUPLE stuck in hospital for their diamond wedding anniversary enjoyed a day with extra sparkle when ward staff threw a surprise party.Read

Police and Fire Brigade unions in battle with NHS to get their workers the swine flu jab

WEST Midlands Police and Fire Brigade unions have launched a battle against NHS bosses to overturn a controversial national decision not to give officers the swine flu jab.Read

Health boss defends swine flu jab after Birmingham hospitals targeted by 'vigilantes'

VIGILANTES targeting Birmingham hospitals to frighten people into not having the swine flu vaccine have been condemned by Britain’s top health boss.Read

Kidney Kids Appeal achieves £1.5m target

THE tireless efforts of Brummies, celebrities and even Dragon’s Den entrepreneurs has seen the Kidney Kids Appeal’s £1.5 million target reached in just 16 months.Read

Royal Orthopaedic Hospital in Northfield celebrates 100 year anniversary

Down in the archives of the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, in Northfield, are even more wonderful moth-eaten gems of brown-edged newspaper cuttings of royal visits and details of servicemen recovering after being injured at Dunkirk.Read

Review: The Nolans in comeback at Birmingham NIA

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IT felt as though I was caught somewhere between a musical version of Loose Women and the biggest hen night in town as The Nolans made their comeback after 25 years.Read

Catalogue of blunders turn terminally-ill cancer patient’s final months into “horrendous battle”, family reveal

A CATALOGUE of blunders by a GP surgery turned a terminally-ill cancer patient’s final months into a “horrendous battle for basic care”, his family revealed today.Read

£2m superscanner is installed at Birmingham hospital

A HI-TECH £2 million super-scanner that can analyse body organs in less than a second has been installed at a Birmingham hospital.Read

Birmingham eye treatment team wins national award

EYE treatment in Birmingham has picked up a national excellence award for exceptional care of patients with a devastating illness that causes blindness.Read

Union warning of Heartlands Hospital staff strike

NEARLY 1,000 staff at Birmingham’s largest hospital trust could bring wards to a standstill by going on strike over pay and conditions in coming months, union chiefs have warned.Read

Hall Green parents sue Birmingham clinic over death of child

A BIRMINGHAM mother whose baby died from meningitis is taking legal action against an out-of-hours clinic, claiming medics misdiagnosed the infant and missed tell-tale signs.Read

Jade Goody's fight with cervical cancer helps save West Midland women

JADE Goody’s high-profile battle with cervical cancer is saving West Midland women from the disease.Read

MP tells NHS to reconsider plans

NHS managers were told to rethink plans to downgrade maternity services in Solihull because they haven’t considered the borough’s rising population in top level talks.Read

Birthday surprise for young Birmingham patient

A TEENAGER forced to spend more than six months in hospital with an incurable painful illness was resigned to spending his 14th birthday miserable on a Birmingham ward.Read

Birmingham public invited to contribute to consultation on city's dental provision

A PUBLIC consultation with real bite has been launched in inner-city Birmingham to ask residents how NHS dental services could be improved.Read

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