Birmingham nurse wins top national honour for social care excellence
Lianne Ford recognised at House of Lords reception for her leadership, research and commitment to dignified care A Birmingham-based nurse has received one.
Birmingham
Life Sciences
Environment
Life Sciences
NHS receives additional £4m for electric vehicle charging points
DfT says cash is part of ongoing NHS efforts to decarbonise The NHS in England is receiving £4 million to install hundreds of.
Life Sciences
Warwick
£6m new laboratory and research hub at University of Warwick
Major investment in the life sciences infrastructure of the West Midlands A £6 million project is transforming a 1970s research facility at the.
Agriculture
Life Sciences
Walsall
Walsall biotech start-up joins government ‘incubator’ scheme
RevoNA Bio creates new disease protection aimed at reducing chemical treatments in agriculture A Walsall-based biotech start-up developing revolutionary plant and animal disease.
Events
Life Sciences
Partnership Content
‘Delivery-focused’ Life Sciences Week 2026 builds on inaugural 2025 programme
Birmingham LSW 2026 ‘preview’ event part of the West Midlands Business Festival The focus of Life Sciences Week (LSW) 2026 is “delivery of.
Life Sciences
Politics
NHS scaling back use of ‘physician associates’ over patient safety fears
Move comes after government review found PAs were being used as ‘substitute’ doctors The NHS has significantly scaled back its use of physician.
Coventry
Jobs
Life Sciences
100 new jobs at Coventry nursing home
Exemplar Health Care, in Radford, is set to open in May this year A provider of nursing care for adults with complex needs.
Birmingham
Life Sciences
Preventative-health body-scan clinic opens in Birmingham
Swedish firm Neko Health says demand for its service grew sixfold last year Full-body, early-detection scans are now on offer at a new.
Life Sciences
People
Crackdown on illegal sunbeds in ‘National Cancer Plan’
Plan targets youngesters who are most at risk of skin cancer with sunbed use Tighter controls on commercial sunbed use are being tabled.
Life Sciences
Partnership Content
Viewpoint
‘University of Birmingham diabetes screening breakthrough – this is just the start’
Prof Neil Hanley tells the story behind the story – of UoB pioneers’ journey of global medical breakthroughs Last week, a story came.