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Alison Dayani

Alison Dayani

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

Frank Skinner: I never got to meet my hero Bobby Robson

ARDENT West Bromwich Albion fan Frank Skinner never managed to meet his hero Bobby Robson – but said the football great’s death left him sick in the stomach and tingling all over.Read

Mum donates kidney to son to keep him alive

NOTHING was going to stop Liam Hill pulling himself out of his hospital bed and shuffling each slow step, dragging his drip, to nestle by the side of the woman two beds away.Read

XFactor break for 'Miss Barbie' the Cannock prison teacher

CONVICTS at a tough Midland jail shower her with affection, and call her “Miss Barbie.”Read

XFactor break for 'Miss Barbie' the Cannock prison teacher

CONVICTS at a tough Midland jail shower her with affection, and call her “Miss Barbie”.Read

XFactor break for 'Miss Barbie' the Cannock prison teacher

CONVICTS at a tough Midland jail shower her with affection, and call her “Miss Barbie”.Read

Dead bodies left on Birmingham Hospital wards, claims whistleblower

DEAD patients are being left in hospital ward beds for up to SEVEN HOURS because there are not enough staff to move bodies to the mortuary, it was claimed last night.Read

Solihull couple claim blunder led to death of twin

GRIEVING Midland parents have claimed a blunder by midwives caused their baby twin son to die.Read

Selly Oak Hospital 'failed to spot' OAP's fractured skull

A WIFE has told how her elderly husband nearly died after hospital doctors diagnosed him with a ‘bump on the head’ – even though he had a fractured skull and brain damage.Read

Stafford Hospital let pensioners down with 'appalling' level of care

Pensioners let down by ‘appalling’ level of careRead

Midland hospital bosses could face manslaughter charges

BUNGLING Midland hospital bosses and medics could face manslaughter charges in connection with the fatal overdose of two cancer patients.Read

Author Profile

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.