Bringing Communities Together
NHS patients are set to benefit from early access to potentially life-saving new medicines, including cutting-edge gene therapies, thanks to a new Innovative Medicines Fund and £680 million of ringfenced funding, the NHS chief executive has announced today. The Innovative Medicines Fund (IMF) will build upon the success of the […]
Social Action for Health are calling on Bangladeshi and Pakistani communities to take part in world’s largest genetics study into people of their heritage, to help scientists understand and treat the causes and consequences of poor health People of Bangladeshi and Pakistani origin have some of the highest rates of heart disease, type 2 diabetes and poor health […]
The Minister of Health has said that as the trials of different combinations come to an end, the government will soon announce its plan for booster shots against Covid-19 across the country in the fall. Last month, British Health Secretary Matt Hancock said in an interview that the authorities are […]
After cooperating with a company that commended changing vaccine passports into documents that serve various purposes, the UK government was indicted of secretly implementing the National Identity Card program. Entrust, an IT company that claims to be a “global leader in identity, payment and data conservation” allotted an agreement from […]
Lead levels in London’s atmosphere have dropped drastically since lead additives in petrol were banned, and currently meet UK air quality targets – yet airborne particles in the capital are still highly lead-enriched compared to natural background levels, a new study reveals. And similar problems could exist in Birmingham and […]
By Dr Helen Flaherty, Head of Health Promotion and Education at Heart Research UK Improving Your Cholesterol Profile There are two main types of cholesterol, LDL, sometimes termed ‘bad’ cholesterol, and HDL, sometimes termed as ‘good cholesterol’. The reality is that we do need some of both types of cholesterol, […]
The Hindu Council UK, South Asian Health Action, South Asian Health Foundation and British Sikh Nurses are supporting the Act F.A.S.T campaign to raise awareness of stroke within South Asian communities. This Public Health England campaign is also supported by the Stroke Association. There are more than 100,0001 incidents […]
Severn Trent is appealing to its customers in Walsall and Wolverhampton to help prevent local sewers from becoming blocked and cause flooding. Last year alone the water and waste company cleared around 4,700 sewer blockages in the Walsall and Wolverhampton area. Three quarters of these blockages were caused by the […]
A mother-of-three and former colleague of much-loved Walsall Staff Nurse Areema Nasreen, who died a year ago today after contracting Covid-19, has vowed to “make her proud” after being awarded the first Scholarship in her memory. Sheila Kerai is over the moon at being chosen and says her colleagues are […]
A date can be nerve wracking enough but one of Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust’s employees went one step further by airing theirs on TV! Electrical and Biomedical Engineering (EBME) Apprentice Ryan Allsopp has featured on E4’s “Teen First Dates”. It is a teenage spin-off of the popular Channel 4 programme […]
