West Midlands is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in the larger West Midlands region of England. A landlocked county,it is bordered by Staffordshire to the north and west,Worcestershire to the south,and is surrounded by Warwickshire to the east. The largest settlement is the city of Birmingham.
The West Midlands is one of nine official regions of England at the first level of International Territorial Level for statistical purposes. It covers the western half of the area known traditionally as the Midlands. The region consists of the counties of Herefordshire,Shropshire,Staffordshire,Warwickshire,West Midlands and Worcestershire. The region has seven cities:Birmingham,Coventry,Hereford,Lichfield,Stoke-on-Trent,Wolverhampton and Worcester.
The West Midlands conurbation is the large conurbation in the West Midlands region of England. The area consists of two cities and numerous towns:to the east,the city of Birmingham,along with adjacent towns of Solihull and Sutton Coldfield;and to the west,the city of Wolverhampton and the area called the Black Country,containing the towns of Dudley,Walsall,West Bromwich,Oldbury,Willenhall,Bilston,Darlaston,Tipton,Smethwick,Wednesbury,Rowley Regis,Stourbridge and Halesowen.
Gary Titley is a British Labour Party politician and a former Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the North West of England.
Birmingham,a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands,England,is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom.
Neena Gill,is a British Labour Party politician. She served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the West Midlands first from 1999 to 2009,and then from 2014 to 2020.
Philip Charles Bradbourn,was a British Conservative Party politician. He served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the West Midlands from 1999 to 2014.
Philip Bushill-Matthews was a British politician who was Conservative Party Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the West Midlands.
David Hallam,is a British Labour Party politician and writer. He is the former Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Herefordshire and Shropshire constituency in England,in the 1994–1999 European Parliament.
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust is one of the largest National Health Service teaching Trusts in England and comprises Sandwell General Hospital in West Bromwich,City Hospital,Birmingham,Rowley Regis Hospital and Midland Metropolitan University Hospital. The trust was established on 1 April 2002 following approval given by the Secretary of State for Health to amalgamate Sandwell Healthcare NHS Trust and City Hospital NHS Trust.
Sir David Nicholson is a public policy analyst and NHS Manager who is the Chair of Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust and Chair of Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. He was previously the Chief Executive of the National Health Service in England. He was appointed in October 2011 following the NHS reforms,having been seventh Chief executive of the NHS within the Department of Health since September 2006. He issued what has become known as the "Nicholson challenge" regarding the finances of the NHS. He retired from the role on 1 April 2014 in the wake of the Stafford Hospital scandal.
The West Midlands Ambulance Service University NHS Foundation Trust (WMAS UNHSFT) is responsible for providing NHS ambulance services within the West Midlands region of England. It is one of ten ambulance trusts providing England with emergency medical services,and is part of the National Health Service.
Brian Simpson OBE is a British Labour Party politician who was Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for North West England.
The New Year Honours 2008 for the Commonwealth realms were announced on 29 December 2007,to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 2008.
NHS West Midlands was a strategic health authority (SHA) of the National Health Service in England. It operated in the West Midlands region,which is coterminous with the local government office region. It was abolished in April 2013.
Barry Herbert Seal is a British Labour Party politician who served in the European Parliament.
Healthcare in the West Midlands was,until July 2022,the responsibility of five integrated care groups:Birmingham and Solihull,Sandwell and West Birmingham,Dudley,Wolverhampton,and Walsall.
The West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) is the combined authority for the West Midlands metropolitan county in the United Kingdom. It was established by statutory instrument under the Local Democracy,Economic Development and Construction Act 2009. It is a strategic authority with powers over transport,economic development and regeneration. The authority formally came into being on 17 June 2016.
The inaugural West Midlands mayoral election was held on 4 May 2017 to elect the Mayor of the West Midlands,with subsequent elections to be held every four years from May 2020. The election took place alongside five elections for English metro mayors and other local elections,and ahead of the general election on 8 June 2017.
The 2021 New Year Honours are appointments by some of the 16 Commonwealth realms to various orders and honours to recognise and reward good works by citizens of those countries. The New Year Honours are awarded as part of the New Year celebrations at the start of January and those for 2021 were announced on 30 December 2020.
