The number of Birmingham kids accessing mental health services soars – here’s where to get help
The number of children and teenagers accessing mental health services in Birmingham is on the rise. The latest figures from … Read more
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Plans for Dudley’s integrated care trust delayed by a year
The creation of the NHS’ first integrated care trust has been delayed until 2020, due to the complexity of the … Read more
Stroke services move from Walsall to New Cross Hospital in two weeks
Full Story in Express and Star 28 March 2018 From April 11, Walsall residents will be taken the few miles … Read more
Aspiring ACO will not ‘fully integrate’ vast majority of its GPs
Full story in The HSJ, 22 March 2018 The “vast majority” of GPs are expected to choose “partial” rather than “full” integration … Read more
Plans to merge three trusts is dropped.
Full story at HSJ 2 March 2018 A merger of three trusts has been dropped because it would have created … Read more
Exclusive: Three-trust merger plan dropped
A merger of three trusts has been dropped because it would have created a trust spanning two sustainability and transformation … Read more
Top doctors plead with Theresa May for investments and beds.
Full story at Express and Star 11 January 2018 Doctors at hospitals in the Black Country and Staffordshire have raised … Read more
Hospital crisis: Thousands wait more than four hours to be seen at A&E
Full story at Express and Star 11 January 2018 One in five patients arriving at A&E at hospitals in the … Read more
Dudley ACO contract set back
Full story in the HSJ, 5 January 2018 The procurement to establish a pioneering “accountable care organisation” model in the … Read more
Walsall GP surgeries under threat in radical health shake up
Two doctor’s surgeries face closure and a further six would merge under radical plans to revamp Walsall’s GP services. The … Read more