[24 JAN 01] BOWEL CANCER SCREENING SUCCESS

A huge pilot scheme being carried out in Coventry and Warwickshire to try and detect bowel cancer is proving a big success according to health officials.  MORE

[20 DEC 00] SEX AND BOOZE CHRISTMAS HAZARD WARNING

Drunken Christmas parties can lead to caution being thrown to the wind with unfortunate consequences, health workers are warning.  MORE

[27 OCT 00] FOOD FOR FLU AS PENSIONERS COAXED OUT

Pensioners living in the south east of Coventry are to be given a free meal as part of a campaign to persuade them to have their flu jab.  MORE

[06 OCT 00] MENTAL HEALTH HANDBOOK LAUNCHED IN COVENTRY

Two years’ hard work has come to fruition with the launch of a new directory aimed at explaining all the different mental health services in Coventry.  MORE

[04 OCT 00] ROLL UP TO GET YOUR FLU JAB

Health chiefs in Coventry are leading by example in the campaign to persuade elderly people to get a flu jab before the winter sets in.  MORE

[20 SEP 00] BEDS CRISIS FORCES CASH INJECTION

Coventry council officials are pumping an emergency £500,000 into social services following a hospital bed crisis at Walsgrave Hospital.  MORE

[07 SEP 00] GET OVER THE 'POO TABOO' AND HELP FIGHT CANCER

Older people could help save their own lives if they can lose their inhibitions over the ‘poo taboo’ and take part in a trial to cut down on bowel cancer deaths that was launched today.  MORE

[04 AUG 00] BEWARE THE SILENT INFECTION

Teenagers and twentysomethings in Coventry are being targeted in a new campaign warning of the perils of a common, but unknown sexually transmitted disease.  MORE

[14 JUL 00] FINAL BARRIER LIFTED FOR SUPER-HOSPITAL SCHEME

The new super-hospital for Coventry will be built at the Walsgrave site, and should be open within five years, it has finally been confirmed.  MORE

[27 JUN 00] AMNESTY FOR THOSE FORGOTTEN DRUGS

People who have prescription medicine lying unused in their bathroom cabinets can return them in an amnesty in Coventry next week.  MORE

[30 MAY 00] COVENTRY TEENS REVEAL HEALTH AND DRUG FEARS

More than a fifth of Coventry pupils aged between 12 and 15 have been offered illegal drugs.  MORE

Work has already started to push ahead with planning the new super hospital at Walsgrave.  MORE

[15 OCT 99] WALSGRAVE SITE CHOSEN FOR SUPERHOSPITAL

Coventry’s new super hospital will be at Walsgrave and it could be open for business in 2005.  MORE

[17 SEP 99] COUNCIL REJECT APPLICATION FOR CARE HOME

Coventry Health Authority is seeking legal advice after Coventry City Council threw out plans to build a home for the mentally ill.  MORE

[02 SEP 99] CONDOMS FOR COVENTRY STREETS