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News archive - 2024 August

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New Lung Health Service Launches in Dudley to Improve Early Detection of Lung Cancer

29th August 2024 - Press Releases and Statements

The Targeted Lung Health Check Programme (TLHC) launched across Dudley this month to improve outcomes for those at risk of lung cancer in the area following successful launches in Birmingham, Solihull and Sandwell.

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RSV vaccine to be offered in the Black Country

29th August 2024 - Press Releases and Statements

Eligible people in the Black Country are being encouraged to come forward for a respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine.

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WHO declares mpox a public health emergency

23rd August 2024 - Hot Topics, Press Releases and Statements

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has determined that the upsurge of mpox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and a growing number of countries in Africa constitutes a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC).

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Have your say via vaccination survey

23rd August 2024 - Press Releases and Statements

Black Country mums-to-be are being asked to support a research project exploring why the uptake up for antenatal vaccinations has been so low in the area.

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Local people invited to have their say on primary care plan

14th August 2024 - Hot Topics

People living in the Black Country are being invited to share their views on the future of primary care. The NHS Black Country Integrated Care Board (ICB) is working with GPs and health leaders across the Black Country on a programme of work to transform and improve primary care over the next five years.