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Following on from our highly successful awards this year, the search is again on to find the best health and social care staff and teams in the West Midlands.
We all know colleagues who have made an exceptional contribution to health and social...
[more]Posted: Monday, 22 December 2008
In December 2007, the Government published the first ever Children’s Plan – its vision for making this the best place in the world for children and young people to grow up.
The Plan looked at all aspects of a child’s wellbeing – their...
[more]Posted: Friday, 12 December 2008
The 2007/08 report and data have been published by the NHS Information Centre.
Nearly one million school children were weighed and measured as part of this years's National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP), which exceeds the national goal of...
[more]Posted: Friday, 12 December 2008
Cancer survival, England, patients diagnosed 2000-2004 and followed up to 2005: one-year and five-year survival for 21 common cancers, by sex and age
Figures released by the Office for National Statistics today show that survival...
[more]Posted: Thursday, 11 December 2008
This report highlights some significant differences in the health and well-being of infants and young children
in the West Midlands. Many of these differences show a strong relationship with socioeconomic deprivation,
with children living in areas...
[more]Posted: Friday, 28 November 2008
At the Stakeholder event on 31 October 2008 the West Midlands Teaching Public Health Network launched its Public Health Training Needs Assessment Tool (TNAT) for a consultation period of six months.
The West Midland’s TNAT for public health,...
[more]Posted: Wednesday, 5 November 2008
This report indicates that in order to reduce the gap in life expectancy between the West Midlands Spearhead
local authorities and the England average the greatest return will be gained by concentrating on certain areas.
Posted: Wednesday, 8 October 2008
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