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Alison Dayani

TB rates in region continue to rise for fifth year in a row

RATES of tuberculosis in the West Midlands have increased for the fifth year in a row, the Health Protection Agency (HPA) said.Read

River plunge dad Christopher Grady attacked in prison

THE Midland dad accused of murdering his daughter and trying to take his son’s life has been attacked in prison.Read

Hospitals in Midlands on Pope assassination alert ahead of his UK visit

HOSPITAL security chiefs in the Midlands have been put on alert for an assassination attempt on the Pope.Read

Worcestershire river plunge dad Christopher Grady attacked in prison

THE MIDLAND dad accused of murdering his daughter and trying to take his son’s life has been attacked in prison.Read

Stafford Hospital families to seek 'corporate manslaughter' civil case

DISTRAUGHT relatives reeling from the Stafford Hospital scandal are planning to sue NHS bosses for corporate manslaughter.Read

Birmingham and Solihull doctor struck off for repeatedly battering his pregnant wife

A MIDLAND GP who battered his wife for two hours in front of their crying baby daughter has been banned from practicing medicine.Read

Birmingham Children's Hospital vow to fight against Government shake up of charity donations

BIRMINGHAM Children’s Hospital bosses have warned the Government: ‘Hands off our cash!’Read

Battle for justice of Tile Cross dad-of-two wrongly given death row drug at Heartlands Hospital

RELATIVES of a hospital patient who died after being injected with the wrong drug have discovered it is used in torture and on death row US prisoners.Read

Birmingham hospital caring for wounded soldiers is shamed by guide

A MIDLAND NHS hospital trust responsible for saving the country’s bombed and battle-weary troops has been shamed as having one of the worst death rates in the country.Read

Scandal-hit Stafford Hospital nursing boss handed training post

A NURSING boss criticised for her management at a Midland “hospital from hell” has been handed a new role TRAINING staff at an NHS trust.Read

Cleaners and porters in Birmingham threaten strike action

BIRMINGHAM’S largest hospital trust could be brought to a standstill in coming months due to strikes by porters, cleaners and parking staff.Read

Nursing boss at shamed Stafford Hospital lands new top NHS job

THE nursing boss of Stafford Hospital, where up to 1,200 patients died needlessly in appalling conditions, has landed a plum new “development role” in the NHS.Read

Birmingham City Hospital victim of building bids scandal

MIDLAND hospital bosses are considering legal action against construction giants who were exposed in a bid-rigging scandal.Read

Birmingham brothers using sport to steer kids from crime

THEY were the Birmingham brothers who escaped from tough inner city streets through sport.Read

Chilling Rankin pictures in Birmingham anti-smoking campaign

SHOCKING!Read

Chilling Rankin pictures in Birmingham anti-smoking campaign

BEAT THE CIGSRead

Birmingham woman's cancer linked to her dad's dusty overalls

AS a child, Judith Tomlinson loved nothing more than giving her foreman dad Roland a hug when he got in from work. Read

Birmingham woman's cancer linked to her dad's dusty overalls

FATAL DISEASE LINKED TO DUSTY OVERALLSRead

Birmingham medics in kidney transplant mercy trip to Africa

THE odds were stacked against them.Read

Overstretched paramedics’ response times shocker

WEST Midlands Ambulance Service is at crisis point, with over-stretched paramedics failing to get to almost HALF of life or death emergencies within the government target of eight minutes.Read

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Alison Dayani is Health Correspondent on the Birmingham Mail but also covers general news, features, music and theatre. As a trained video journalist, she provides footage of events and health stories for the website too.

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