Health & Wellbeing The Pontiff receives Covid vaccine
Saturday, 16 January 2021 03:04The Vatican has confirmed that Pope Francis has received the first shot of the coronavirus vaccine. The pontiff has advocated that everyone should get the vaccine, calling it an “ethical option”...
Health & Wellbeing Exemplar Health Care secures ‘Good’ CQC rating for Scotia Heights
Friday, 15 January 2021 02:18Scotia Heights, an Exemplar Health Care complex needs care home in Stoke-on-Trent, has achieved a ‘Good’ rating from the Care Quality Commission (CQC). The CQC rated Scotia Heights as ‘Good’ overall...
Health & Wellbeing One-stop mental health phone-line makes crucial debut
Thursday, 14 January 2021 04:57The call-line is part of a suite of early intervention methods, which also includes a Live Web Chat instant messenger service and an email address operated by trained staff to address mental health...
Health & Wellbeing Fewer things and avoid the screens for 2021 in the West Midlands, according to new research
Monday, 11 January 2021 00:11New YouGov research sponsored by Fibre One, the indulgent 90 calorie treat, has revealed that adults in the West Midlands would like fewer possessions, to spend less time worrying and prefer to...
Health & Wellbeing Is UVC the answer to UK infection control against COVID-19? LED Direct believes so
Saturday, 09 January 2021 05:50With the UK entering its third lockdown this week, the question many of the population are asking is ‘what more can we do?’ With the one year lockdown anniversary fast approaching, are we really at...
Health & Wellbeing Doctor tells people to grow up and take coronavirus seriously
Friday, 08 January 2021 02:42A hospital consultant has said that people needed to "grow up" and take coronavirus seriously after footage shared on social media showed supposed empty hospitals. Dr David Nicholl, who works in the...
Health & Wellbeing Millennium Point announced as a flagship mass vaccination centre
Thursday, 07 January 2021 03:55Millennium Point has announced that it will become the first Covid-19 mass vaccination centre to operate in the Midlands. The centre will be run by the NHS in Birmingham and Solihull as part of the...
Health & Wellbeing 1.3 million in UK already have Covid vaccine
Tuesday, 05 January 2021 23:09Some 1.3 million people in the UK have now received their first dose of a Covid vaccine, says the government. In England, that includes nearly a quarter of the most elderly, vulnerable...
Health & Wellbeing India approves two Covid vaccines
Monday, 04 January 2021 04:12India has formally approved the emergency use of two coronavirus vaccines as it prepares for one of the world's biggest inoculation drives. The drugs regulatory authority gave the green light to the...
Health & Wellbeing CBE for city’s Director of Adult Social Care
Friday, 01 January 2021 03:25Birmingham City Council’s Director of Social Care has been named in the New Year’s Honours. Professor Graeme Betts has been awarded a CBE for services to adult social care. Professor Graeme Betts...
Health & Wellbeing City's care homes working to set up safe visiting
Thursday, 31 December 2020 02:36Care homes in Wolverhampton are working hard to enable people to see their loved ones – and families are being urged to be patient while the necessary measures are put in place to enable visits to...
Health & Wellbeing Concerns grow as Covid infection levels rise
Tuesday, 29 December 2020 04:43Health officials are saying that England's increasingly high Covid infection level is a growing concern as the NHS is struggling to cope with rising patient numbers after a record 41,385 Covid cases...
Health & Wellbeing People reminded not to overlook their mental health while staying safe during Christmas
Friday, 25 December 2020 03:39Even in a normal year, Christmas can be difficult, with the expense of presents and entertaining visiting family and friends, along with possible family tensions. However, this year everyone has the...
Health & Wellbeing Indian comic superhero fights Covid-19 fear
Friday, 25 December 2020 03:20India's first female comic superhero Priya, a gang-rape survivor who earlier campaigned against rape, acid attack and sex trafficking, is back to fight disinformation around the Covid-19 pandemic....
Health & Wellbeing Advice for travelling safely by bus, train and tram over the festive period
Wednesday, 23 December 2020 02:25Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) has partnered with bus, train and tram operators to ensure the region keeps moving with a safe transport network over the festive season. But there will be...
Health & Wellbeing Tighter Covid restrictions likely, warns Sir Patrick Vallance
Tuesday, 22 December 2020 02:11Further restrictions are likely to be introduced in England to control the new variant of Covid-19, the UK's chief scientific adviser has said. Sir Patrick Vallance said measures could "need to be...
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