http://www.birminghammail.net/authors/ Authors en-gb http://www.birminghammail.net/lifestyle/family-life/health/2008/07/08/if-i-hadn-t-had-my-transplant-i-would-be-dead-by-now-97319-21304429/ Mon, 07 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/lifestyle/family-life/health/2008/07/08/if-i-hadn-t-had-my-transplant-i-would-be-dead-by-now-97319-21304429/ A desperate shortage of donors across the region means that every transplant is a real treasure, giving hope of new life to those on the brink of death. But there is more than just kidneys, livers and other major organs that can make such a dramatic difference. Health Correspondent ALISON DAYANI takes a closer look at the forgotten transplant - bone marrow - and the difference it made to a Birmingham leukaemia victim. http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/07/07/999-patients-wait-hours-at-hospital-97319-21293484/ Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:38:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/07/07/999-patients-wait-hours-at-hospital-97319-21293484/ EMERGENCY patients rushed to two hospitals by ambulance have had to wait in queues for one and a half hours, it was revealed today – way above thetargetof 15 minutes. http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/07/07/brum-help-for-hiv-patients-97319-21287149/ Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:02:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/07/07/brum-help-for-hiv-patients-97319-21287149/ SEXUAL health and HIV charity Terrence Higgins Trust has launched a new service for people affected by the condition in Birmingham. http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/07/07/hospitals-relaunch-own-meal-service-97319-21287136/ Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/07/07/hospitals-relaunch-own-meal-service-97319-21287136/ MEALS at three hospitals look set to be boosted to match the quality of Birmingham restaurants when mothballed kitchens are re-opened. http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/07/07/dinner-lady-in-asbestos-battle-97319-21274355/ Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:10:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/07/07/dinner-lady-in-asbestos-battle-97319-21274355/ A FORMER Birmingham dinner lady is set to launch a legal battle against education bosses after being diagnosed with deadly asbestos-related lung disease mesothelioma. http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/07/07/surgery-worker-is-banned-over-drink-97319-21274339/ Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:04:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/07/07/surgery-worker-is-banned-over-drink-97319-21274339/ A BOOZING Birmingham Children’s Hospital surgery worker whose job was to make sure young patients’ lives are not in danger has been dismissed for abusing alcohol and banned from working in the NHS. http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/07/04/tory-s-battle-for-city-gps-97319-21228571/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:09:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/07/04/tory-s-battle-for-city-gps-97319-21228571/ A CAMPAIGN to highlight the plight of a Birmingham GP surgery under threat from new polyclinics was today gathering pace in the House of Commons. http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/07/03/safety-fear-over-staffing-at-city-and-sandwell-hospitals-97319-21221643/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:46:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/07/03/safety-fear-over-staffing-at-city-and-sandwell-hospitals-97319-21221643/ FEARS are growing over patient safety at a Birmingham hospital trust which is facing nuring shortages on maternity and children’s wards - just two years after hundreds of staff were made redundant. http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/07/01/record-payout-for-boy-left-disabled-by-hospital-blunder-97319-21209655/ Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:23:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/07/01/record-payout-for-boy-left-disabled-by-hospital-blunder-97319-21209655/ A BIRMINGHAM boy left severely disabled for life when medics made errors during his birth was today being awarded a record £8 million payout at the High Court. http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/07/01/shake-up-plans-for-specialist-a-es-to-treat-heart-attack-victims-97319-21208888/ Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:33:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/07/01/shake-up-plans-for-specialist-a-es-to-treat-heart-attack-victims-97319-21208888/ PATIENTS suffering a heart attack and stroke will be driven miles across Birmingham by ambulance to a “specialist A&E” rather than their local hospital under plans to shake-up emergency care in the region. http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/07/01/payout-to-boy-left-disabled-97319-21207549/ Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:23:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/07/01/payout-to-boy-left-disabled-97319-21207549/ A BIRMINGHAM boy left severely disabled for life when medics made errors during his birth at a Midland hospital was today due to be awarded a payout by the High Court. http://www.birminghammail.net/lifestyle/family-life/health/2008/07/01/life-and-death-in-birmingham-before-the-nhs-97319-21207959/ Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/lifestyle/family-life/health/2008/07/01/life-and-death-in-birmingham-before-the-nhs-97319-21207959/ This weekend marks 60 years since the world's first National Health Service was created in Britain from the idea of economist and social reformer William Beveridge. Health Correspondent ALISON DAYANI looks at what healthcare was like before the pioneering changes were brought in. http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2008/06/30/woodland-comes-alive-for-zutons-97319-21173099/ Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:32:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2008/06/30/woodland-comes-alive-for-zutons-97319-21173099/ SURROUNDED by glorious age-old trees, Zutons singer David McCabe reprimanded the crowd for wasting paper as the fifth toilet paper roll came streaming on to the stage. http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/06/25/hospital-shake-up-moves-a-step-closer-97319-21148292/ Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:20:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/06/25/hospital-shake-up-moves-a-step-closer-97319-21148292/ A CONTROVERSIAL shake up of Sandwell and City hospitals has moved a step closer. http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/06/25/breast-cancer-survivor-to-run-race-for-life-97319-21148185/ Wed, 25 Jun 2008 08:57:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/06/25/breast-cancer-survivor-to-run-race-for-life-97319-21148185/ DESPITE twice battling back from cancer, mum-of-two Josephine Jones is now free from the disease and running tonight’s Cancer Research UK Race For Life as a celebration that she is still here to help other victims. http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/06/24/storm-over-reforms-loophole-costing-taxpayers-millions-97319-21142170/ Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:06:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/06/24/storm-over-reforms-loophole-costing-taxpayers-millions-97319-21142170/ BIRMINGHAM health watchdogs today attacked Health Secretary Alan Johnson’s controversial polyclinics plan for city GPs, telling him that a loophole could end up wasting vast amounts of taxpayers’ money. http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/06/24/fears-over-level-of-tot-deaths-97319-21141493/ Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:42:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/06/24/fears-over-level-of-tot-deaths-97319-21141493/ HIGH numbers of infant deaths, lazy inactive schoolchildren and worryingly low rates of breastfeeding are some of the key health problems in the West Midlands highlighted in a national report today. http://www.birminghammail.net/what-is-on-in-birmingham/birmingham-gig-reviews/2008/06/24/hansel-and-gretel-birmingham-hippodrome-97319-21142004/ Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/what-is-on-in-birmingham/birmingham-gig-reviews/2008/06/24/hansel-and-gretel-birmingham-hippodrome-97319-21142004/ THERE was plenty of food for thought in this delightful light-hearted opera. http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/06/19/mail-readers-raise-78-000-at-birmingham-mail-fun-run-97319-21105051/ Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:39:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/06/19/mail-readers-raise-78-000-at-birmingham-mail-fun-run-97319-21105051/ JOGGERS have smashed through expected targets by running up a total of more than £78,700 in the Birmingham Mail’s first Fun Run. http://www.birminghammail.net/what-is-on-in-birmingham/birmingham-gig-reviews/2008/06/19/aida-birmingham-hippodrome-97319-21105310/ Wed, 18 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/what-is-on-in-birmingham/birmingham-gig-reviews/2008/06/19/aida-birmingham-hippodrome-97319-21105310/ FOR a change, there was more than just the exceptional music and singing that grabbed the attention in this suberb Welsh National Opera production.