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Queen Elizabeth Hospital trust has turned offices into wards to cut patient waiting times

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust has repurposed old offices into wards at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in order to cut patient wait times.

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Managers say seven wards were opening after patient waiting lists across the Trust’s hospitals had grown to levels never experienced before, with 184,956 people waiting for treatment.

The NHS is seeking volunteers in Sheffield.  (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)The NHS is seeking volunteers in Sheffield.  (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
The NHS is seeking volunteers in Sheffield. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Thousands support plea to help find stolen urn containing stillborn baby’s ashes

West Midlands Police have issued an appeal to find an urn containing a dead baby’s ashes which were stolen from a home in Garretts Green. The urn, similar to the one pictured, is of little monetary value, and police say may have already been discarded somewhere.

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Baby’s Urn

Bin workers in Solihull are voting on strike action over a pay dispute

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Bin workers in Solihull are set to vote on whether to take strike action following a pay dispute. The potential strike could affect more than 86,00 homes. More than 100 refuse workers are expected to take part in the ballot which ends on the 4th March.

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