Fancy getting involved with your local NHS? Become a governor!

4:50pm Friday 10th May 2013

NOMINATIONS to become a governor for the Black Country Partnership NHS Foundation Trust are now open.

Getting on the treadmill for virtual walking challenge

3:08pm Monday 29th April 2013

Service users and staff are digging out their walking boots to take part in a virtual walking challenge covering 50 miles for National Walking Month.

Chance to meet your new NHS governor

10:29am Wednesday 10th April 2013

Governors from the Black Country Partnership NHS Foundation Trust will be out and about over the next few weeks at a venue near you.

Penn Hospital's new ward names

4:31pm Tuesday 9th April 2013

Over 300 staff, service users and visitors put their judging talents to good use to vote on the new ward names for Penn Hospital during a month-long consultation.

Trust praises staff at awards ceremony

1:15pm Monday 8th April 2013

Staff and volunteers were praised for their hard work and dedication at the Black Country Partnership NHS Foundation Trust awards ceremony hosted by the comedienne Mrs Barbara Nice of Phoenix Nights fame.

Just 15 cigarettes can lead to dangerous cancer tumours

2:35pm Wednesday 9th January 2013

The hidden dangers of smoking are being highlighted in a new hard-hitting Department of Health awareness campaign that tells smokers that just 15 cigarettes cause a mutation that can lead to cancerous tumours....

Gold Food Award for ‘Health County’ Salad and Juice Bar

11:51am Wednesday 24th October 2012

The ‘Health County’ Salad and Juice Bar based in Merry Hill Shopping Centre has been awarded a ‘Gold’ Dudley Food for Health award for providing healthier menu options and meeting high standards of food hygiene to the public.

Dudley smokers urged to take the 28 day Stoptober challenge

Stoptober

5:21pm Monday 8th October 2012

As thousands of smokers across the country take up the opportunity to be part of a new 28 day challenge to quit, the Dudley Stop Smoking Service is urging local smokers to prepare for their Stoptober challenge with their help and support.

Awareness of oesophagogastric (gullet and stomach) cancer is low across the borough

1:02pm Wednesday 5th September 2012

A recent campaign, launched across Dudley borough, urged people to get clued up about the symptoms of two types of cancer which kill 10,000 people a year nationally - oesophageal and stomach cancer, together known as oesophagogastric cancer.

Local venues lead the way in welcoming breastfeeding mothers

11:31am Wednesday 5th September 2012

More than 145 venues in the borough have signed up to the ‘Dudley Breastfeeding Welcome Scheme’ ensuring breastfeeding mothers receive an especially warm welcome.

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Your Say Your Halesowen

.Sandwell Council believes that the introduction of these parking charges will now help them to recover some costs for maintaining their car parks in Old Hill and Cradley Heath, however, in doing so, what they may have overlooked in the long run is the much greater drop in business rates revenue that could occur through the potential loss of trade as a consequence of their decision.  − Liz Bowler Old Hill

Old Hill and Cradley Heath car parking charges »

Fundamental good practice in local government must surely be for an accurate data-base – so why am I still receiving correspondence from SMBC addressed to me as Councillor Mary Docker? − Mary Docker

No longer a councillor but still getting pleas for help »



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