Birmingham Mail - Tag - nhs

Birmingham NHS forced to spend £4.9 million on translation

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

CASH-strapped Birmingham NHS Trusts spent £4.9 million for translators to cope with patients who can’t speak English, according to a report.

Public meetings in Worcestershire over changes to NHS

Birmingham Mail — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

WORCESTERSHIRE residents are being urged to attend public meetings over a review of health services in the county.

Suspected drug dealer escapes from police custody while in Birmingham City Hospital

Birmingham Mail — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 13:16:00 GMT

A SUSPECTED drug dealer escaped from police custody when he was escorted to a Midland hospital by a special constable.

Professor Carl Chinn to become trust board member

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT

CITY historian and Birmingham Mail columnist Professor Carl Chinn is hoping to improve NHS services after joining his local trust.

Birmingham medics face battle to help injured soldiers beat flesh-eating bug

Birmingham Mail — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 14:03:00 GMT

BRITISH troops returning from Afghanistan are being struck down by a dangerous flesh-eating bug that can lead to disfigurement.

More than 100 revellers an hour seek 999 help on New Year's Eve in Birmingham

Birmingham Mail — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 10:57:00 GMT

MORE than 100 revellers an hour were calling paramedics for medical help in the early hours of New Year's Day, it was revealed this morning.

Stourbridge family calls for blood donors to come forward

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 06:20:00 GMT

THE parents of a five-year-old boy who had countless blood transfusions in the first ten months of his life are backing a call for blood donors at Christmas.

Redditch Hospital to face legal action from 20 families over 'appalling treatment'

Birmingham Mail — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 16:23:00 GMT

An NHS hospital is to face a lawsuit launched by more than 20 families who claim their loved ones were subjected to "appalling and humiliating" treatment.

One call every 30 seconds as 'Black Friday' takes poll on West Midlands paramedics

Birmingham Mail — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 09:07:00 GMT

DRUNKEN Christmas party goers gave the emergency services their busiest night of the year on Friday as ambulance crews received a 999 call every 30 seconds.

Birmingham Women's Hospital to challenge £5.5 million payout to brain damaged teenager Nathan Popple

Birmingham Mail — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 15:01:00 GMT

A TEENAGER brain damaged when he was born at Birmingham Women’s Hospital must suffer more litigation before he can collect his £5.5 million compensation pay-out.