Birmingham Mail - Tag - sandwell and west birmingham trust

Zero tolerance warning to hospitals after series of surgical errors in West Midlands

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 11:01:00 GMT

HOSPITALS have been warned there will be zero tolerance of failings by new health bosses after a series of errors.

New hospital for Birmingham and the Black Country to be called The Met

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 08:00:00 GMT

THE new £370 million hospital for Birmingham and the Black Country is to be called the Midland Metropolitan Hospital.

Downscaled plans for new hospital for Birmingham and Black Country will be revisited in future

Birmingham Mail — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 09:00:00 GMT

HEALTH bosses have pledged to re-look at plans to downsize Birmingham and the Black Country’s new hospital.

Plans for new hospital for Birmingham and Black Country reviewed for final approval.

Birmingham Mail — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 23:00:00 GMT

THE merger of two major hospitals across Birmingham and the Black Country will see staff numbers cut by nearly 900 workers, a new report reveals.

Maternity merger wins backing

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 08 May 2009 23:00:00 GMT

HOSPITAL trust board members have given their backing for executives to move ahead with proposals to merge maternity services across two hospitals on the Birmingham and Black Country border.

Birmingham hospital trust starts early MRSA tests for patients

Birmingham Mail — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT

ALL patients at a Birmingham hospital trust are to be tested for MRSA before they even get on the ward in the fight against deadly superbugs.

15 hospital wards closed by norovirus bug

Birmingham Mail — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 23:00:00 GMT

TWO Midland hospitals have been forced to shut 15 wards between them and cancel operations after outbreaks of the deadly norovirus bug.

Birmingham patients join Parkinson's trial

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 10:44:00 GMT

BIRMINGHAM patients with Parkinson’s disease are to get the chance to take part in the world’s largest ever clinical trial into easing effects of the debilitating brain condition.

Safety fear over hospital staffing

Birmingham Mail — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:46:00 GMT

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.

Trusts fail to control superbug

Birmingham Mail — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

THREE Birmingham hospital trusts have come under fire from the region's top health controllers for soaring rates of superbug MRSA that fall short of national targets.