Cancer mum failed by NHS
A mother-of-three is calling for improved education and more ‘smear testing’ for women after NHS clinicians failed to identify her cervical cancer for.
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Etta, 4, saved by blood donors
Four-year-old Etta Murton is alive today thanks to blood donors who helped her fight off a rare form of leukaemia. The youngster was.
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Blood just as vital as plasma
Donations of blood are just as important as plasma. That is the impassioned message from WM News reader and healthcare campaigner David McIntosh,.
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Tech
Major cancer screening advance
A firm creating a revolutionary needle-free disease detection process is the latest to join Birmingham’s fast-growing biomedical cluster. KIFFIK Biomedical has patented a.
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First womb-transplant birth
The first baby has been born in the UK from a mother who had a womb transplant, it was revealed today. The baby.
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Politics
NHS: 1,500 GPs recruited
New figures published by the Department of Health and Social Care show that 1,503 additional General Practitioners (GPs) have been recruited in England.
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Breakthrough steroid for arthritis
A new steroid drug used for treating Duchenne muscular dystrophy could also be an effective therapy for inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis,.
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People
‘Hidden’ home for injured military
Fisher House is a “home away from home” for injured military personnel receiving treatment and their families. It is funded by the Queen.
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Plasma: saving lives with ‘liquid gold’
The NHS Plasma Donor Centre on New Street, Birmingham, is one of just three such facilities in the country – and it’s making.
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Tech
New pain relief: virtual reality
Patients at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (QEHB) are now being offered an unexpected new form of pain relief – virtual reality. In a.