Health and Wellbeing News & Updates
- 13th March 2026
A new partnership has been announced between NHS’s Birmingham & Solihull Procurement Collaborative and Better Signage to provide name badges to staff across the region.
Walsall Council is reminding residents about the risks associated with illegal tobacco products and to use this year’s No Smoking Day on Wednesday 11 March as an opportunity to take positive steps towards quitting.
A major new research programme will review, develop and test the effectiveness of workplace health and wellbeing initiatives in reducing employees time off sick.
Wolverhampton is seeing the benefits of making sexual health services easier to access, with a sharp rise in sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing – and testing rates outstripping both the West Midlands and England averages.
- 10th March 2026
Midwives, Maternity Support Workers, health visitors, Neonatal Nurses and Public Health teams across the Black Country are highlighting an important campaign to reduce the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.
An innovative physical activity game that has already engaged more than two million people nationally has launched in Bloxwich.
- 4th March 2026
Health officials are encouraging residents who smoke to take the first step towards a healthier future by attending a free stop smoking day drop-in event on Wednesday 11 March at Walsall Manor Hospital.
- 4th March 2026
The City of Wolverhampton Council is marking HPV Awareness Day today (Wednesday 4 March, 2026) by reminding residents what HPV (human papillomavirus) is, how the HPV vaccine helps prevent several cancers
- 26th February 2026
The City of Wolverhampton Council is making it even easier for people to know their numbers by offering free blood pressure checks at home or in community locations.
- 18th February 2026
A Coleshill-based clinic offering mental health and neurodiversity services is reporting rising demand.