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Care for Black Country mums with pelvic health issues that have developed during pregnancy or following the birth of their babies will be further boosted through a specialist midwife role that has been created.

Health and care staff in the Black Country have been recognised at this year’s Midlands Inclusivity and Diversity Award Scheme (MIDAS).

Ahead of the Easter bank holiday weekend (Friday 29 March – Monday 1 April), people in the Black Country are being reminded how to access NHS health services.

Maternity teams across the Black Country are the first to jointly roll out a region-wide digital platform to engage with frontline staff and use their feedback to improve patient experience.

Bereaved parents and their families who have used Maternity and Neonatal Services across Sandwell and Dudley are invited to attend an engagement session to share their experiences and help healthcare professionals shape the support given following baby loss.

Bereaved parents and their families who have used Maternity and Neonatal Services across Walsall and Wolverhampton are invited to attend an engagement session to share their experiences and help healthcare professionals shape the support given following baby loss.

Local children and their families were invited to attend a fun and educational event in February to learn more about asthma and the impacts of indoor and outdoor air quality.

Free training has been made available for people working and/or living in the Black Country to support the national Safer Sleep campaign run by the Lullaby Trust.

In June 2023, the Black Country Integrated Care System (ICS) published its first Workforce Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Strategy, to address the inequalities experienced by staff in the workplace.

This week (Monday 26 February – Friday 1 March), a double decker cancer bus has visited locations across the Black Country to raise awareness of the signs and symptoms of cancer.

An innovative leader to champion and advance pelvic health care throughout the Black Country’s Maternity Services is being sought.

Forty Walsall patients have taken part in a national study to evaluate how well people recover from day case surgery at home.