Health & Wellbeing

The Abu Dhabi DoH (Department of Health), the regulator of the healthcare sector, has provided revolutionary gene therapy for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) for the first time in capital of the United Arab Emirates and outside the United States.

Professionals came together to share learning and best practice around the importance of infant wellbeing and keeping baby in mind during their crucial first 1,001 days.

Visits to the heat exhaustion advice webpage on the NHS website have almost tripled in the past few days as temperatures surge in England.

Dr. Marcus Howard, an entrepreneur and pharmacist has opened GreaterHealth Pharmacy & Wellness, the first ever Black-owned pharmacy in Missouri that delivers medications for free and offers telehealth services.

An award-winning drag artist from Ladywood in Birmingham has been invited to judge the national disability charity Sense’s annual awards, which celebrate the achievements of people living with complex disabilities. 

National commercial property and investment company, LCP, part of M Core, has announced that it is working alongside the charity, ‘Missed a Beat’, to provide defibrillators across its industrial property portfolio.

Wolverhampton has received national recognition for its innovative approach to providing health visiting services.

A further catch-up clinic is being held by Vaccination UK for pupils who have missed a vaccination in school.

The City of Wolverhampton Council hosted a special conference to help young people leaving care on their journey into adulthood.

NHS England have announced that Duncan Burton has been appointed as Chief Nursing Officer for England.

It is not every day that somebody decides they are going to take on the challenge of completing an IronMan and yet this September will see Peter McGahan take part in his second IronMan.

Evelyn Foulkner, a 72-year-old grandmother from Atlanta, in the U.S.A., participated in a bodybuilding competition for the first time, before bringing home 2 medals and impressing everyone with her performance.

Local student leadership team and charity committees, made up of Year 13 and 12 students from across the Central Region Schools Trust’s Sixth Form schools, came together to lead and plan a week of exciting activities to raise money for Birmingham Children’s Hospital.

Drop-in sessions to raise awareness of hepatitis will take place at the Library of Birmingham this month, ahead of the building’s iconic façade being illuminated in purple to mark World Hepatitis Day.

Business supporters of Midlands Air Ambulance Charity attended its annual Corporate Golf Day at JCB Golf & Country Club.

Health City Cayman Islands has just unveiled its second hospital, Health City at Camana Bay, in George Town.