Health

Prescriptions for seven common illnesses, including earache and a sore throat, will now be available to many patients without the need to see a GP.

There has been a focus on the West Midlands following outbreaks of the disease, which in 2017 was thought to have been eradicated in the UK.

Gemma White spent over a decade working in other jobs before deciding it was time to follow her dream.

Mum and friends launch monthly gathering in Alcester.

Care centre proposal leads by example in south Warwickshire and one of the few of its kind in country.

A range of children’s fruit juice cartons are being recalled by the Food Standards Agency amid fears the straws are unsafe.

West Midlands Ambulance Service says it loses around 125 ambulance shifts each day across the region with vehicles stuck outside A&E departments.

A CQC inspection found a significant deterioration in the standard of care and instances of patients being left lying in urine-soaked sheets.

Thomas Ashley, now 24, underwent months of gruelling chemotherapy treatment for a blood cancer while at school.

Adrian Collins was just 44 years-old when he died unexpectedly in September 2022.

Flu season is ‘officially underway’ say government health officials who are urging those yet to get their flu jab to come forward.

Why we need to do tests even when you have no symptoms or concerns.

Initiative models itself on Men’s Shed movement.

Everyday is a challenge for Rebecca as a full time carer for six-year-old child.

Covid-19 cases are rising in schools, hospitals and workplaces so what should you do if you’re unwell and must you isolate if you test positive?

Cheque for £2,000 is donated to Rigby Unit at Stratford Hospital to help support other patients and nursing staff.

The one-stop-shop diagnostic centre will bring together life-saving tests, checks and scans under one roof in Stratford.

The enormous strength of feeling in Shipston was on show – and the protests are likely to continue.

Family share joy that George can now speak and give hope to others.

Millions of at risk patients are to be offered a Covid-19 booster jab this autumn, the NHS has confirmed, but who is eligible for the injection?