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
EYE treatment in Birmingham has picked up a national excellence award for exceptional care of patients with a devastating illness that causes blindness.Read
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
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
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
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
AFTER an hour of what seemed like a ‘best of’ compilation, I was racking my brains over what favourites were left for this Scottish four-piece to pull out the bag for their encore.Read
A DOTING father who was told he did not have long to live after the birth of his baby son has defied the odds by surviving nearly six years with breakthrough treatment and a passion to see his only child grow up.Read
AN INVESTIGATION into the death of four patients under the care of a Midland NHS addiction service has concluded that staff did not cause the tragedies – but there is an urgency to make improvements.Read
A DOTING father who was told he did not have long to live after the birth of his baby son has defied the odds by surviving nearly six years with breakthrough treatment and a passion to see his only child grow up.Read
SICK youngsters could be sent from Birmingham to Leicester for treatment because the city’s Children’s Hospital is struggling to cope with a lack of beds.Read
MORE than £80,000 has been invested in dedicated facilities for men at Birmingham Women’s Hospital to give cancer patients the hope of becoming fathers.Read
Alison Dayani is Health Correspondent on the Birmingham Mail but also covers general news, features, music and theatre. As a trained video journalist, she provides footage of events and health stories for the website too.
