Health & Wellbeing

The Midland Metropolitan University Hospital has been granted the go ahead from the Trust board that will run it to open on 6 October this year.

A council worker is preparing to take part in a fitness competition to raise vital funds for MacMillan Cancer Support.

The sweltering months are often filled with sugary temptations, with many reaching for icy cold drinks to beat the heat.

In the past decade, Yemeni children have borne the brunt of the destruction, violence and hunger caused by Houthi militants.

With more than 10,000 cases of whooping cough now confirmed around the UK since January, pregnant women in Wolverhampton being encouraged to make sure they have received their free vaccination to protect their baby.

The sweltering months are often filled with sugary temptations, with many reaching for icy cold drinks to beat the heat.

Wolverhampton patients and their families struggling to meet extra costs brought on by their healthcare needs are to benefit from a £60,000 new initiative as the City of Wolverhampton Council have teamed up with The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust (RWT) to help reach those most in need.

The impact of Scotland’s justice system on public health is to be explored in a new research programme – with extensive input from the most affected communities.

Single-use healthcare items – everything from gloves and blood bags to surgical equipment – have become a growing environmental problem worldwide. 

The University of Wolverhampton, working in partnership with the Black Country Integrated Care Board (ICB) and The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, has announced ambitious plans for a new Medical School in the Black Country. 

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.