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Accessing GP services online could pose risk to patient safety, probe finds

Plus 'Anxiety, stress and depression' – Just some of the reasons our region's NHS sta...

Borough named and shamed for having the fattest children

Almost 800,000 dental treatments carried out in Black Country and Staffordshire

£1 million grant shared out to support young Sandwell people with mental health ...

'Harrowing' figures show 15,000 children in region seeking mental health help

Staff absence at Black Country hospitals reaches highest level since April 2020

£1 million cost of patients attending A&E with 'social problems'

GP appointments in Black Country and West Birmingham fell by almost a fifth in D...

Thousands injured in lockdown activities such as DIY and climbing trees

Cervical screening dipped during pandemic, figures show

Tech errors hit NHS Covid Pass hours after Plan B announcement

Hancock praises NHS app after 1.3m people register since vaccine status added

Vaccine booking site flaw allows people to work out another user’s status

Using NHS app to prove Covid-19 status ‘right thing’, ex-digital director says

NHS vaccine website crashes after jabs offered to over-45s

37m fewer GP appointments during pandemic, figures suggest
The figures came in an analysis of experimental figures from NHS Digital.
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Half of adults across Black Country and Staffordshire have not been to dentist i...

17,000 safeguarding concerns raised about vulnerable adults

‘Seismic shift’ towards digital chat app among NHS staff during pandemic

Number of babies vaccinated in region drops

More than 1.3 million NHS working days lost to Covid in England, figures show

Coronavirus: People urged to get tested amid surge in West Midlands cases

Matt Hancock calls for more technology and data use in the NHS

Travellers urged to ‘keep tabs’ on quarantine list amid speculation over Croatia

Rate of new cases in Leicester ‘back to mid-June level’

GPs fear missing coronavirus advice as NHS email inboxes reach capacity

Revealed: Doctors joining hospitals from countries where recruitment is banned
Dozens of new doctors at hospitals in the West Midlands come from developing countries where recruitment is banned, new figures have revealed.
Peter Madeley

Pneumonia the cause of most hospital deaths in the region

Express & Star comment: No-shows letting the NHS down

NHS trusts raise almost £70m charging staff for parking

Hundreds more die than expected at Black Country hospitals, shock figures reveal

160 FGM cases reported in Black Country and Staffordshire

Here's what technology looked like when Windows XP was first introduced

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