It’s nearly the end of 2015 and we thought we’d spend the next 12 days sharing some stories and successes from the last year from across the Trust, as well as some useful tips to stay healthy in 2016.

Wishing you all a very Happy New Year.

On the eighth day

Eight areas were awarded Vanguard status by the Government earlier this year, including Solihull Hospital.

Solihull Hospital and its partners, including Solihull CCG and Solihull Borough Council, were given the status for their work to create an integrated system that combines preventative services with rapid access to primary, social and specialist care both in and out of hospital.

Achieving vanguard status means Solihull is receiving national attention as well as being able to access specialist support and evaluation to help the partners to achieve their vision of creating an integrated health and care system that extends people’s healthy, active lives for as long as possible.