News and events

He walked out onto the hallowed Wembley turf when he helped Birmingham City win the 1995 Football League Trophy. But all 51-year-old Ricky Otto is looking forward to now is a ‘kick-about’ with the local five-a-side league as he recovers from his second hip replacement operation in six years.

Foot and ankle specialist Mr Tarek El Gamal, who practices at Spire Parkway Hospital, was voted Trainer of the Year by trainee surgeons throughout Warwickshire and Coventry.

The NHS Cervical Screening Programme was established in 1988 and has saved an estimated 5,000 lives a year.

Please join us at a free information evening in conjunction with Consultant Hand Surgeon, Mr Shyamalan, from Midland Hand Clinic.

After a ‘hat-trick’ of joint replacement operations with the same surgeon, former Solihull magistrate Edward Kane has given his verdict on Spire Parkway Hospital Orthopaedic Consultant Ved Goswami.

Dad who suffered for 22 years with Ulcerative Colitis speaks out about how his life changed for the better after being seen at Spire Parkway Hospital.

Melanoma is the most deadly form of skin cancer. It can appear as a new mole or an existing mole that changes in size, shape or colour - left untreated it can spread to other parts of the body. As part of Skin Cancer Awareness Month Dr Joanna Gach, Consultant Dermatologist at Spire Parkway Hospital in Solihull gives advice on how you could spot moles on your skin.

When Peter Constable attended a free prostate cancer check at Spire Parkway Hospital, in Solihull near Birmingham West Midlands, he didn’t realise just how life-changing it would prove to be. An early discovery that he had cancer of the prostate resulted in an early and successful intervention that probably saved his life.

IBS symptoms can be very similar to more serious conditions such as Crohn's, ulcerative colitis or, in some worst case scenarios, bowel or stomach cancer. If you have had IBS symptoms for more than three weeks you need to see your GP. They will study your medical history and may also refer you to a gastroenterologist for further investigations which will hopefully rule out more ‘sinister’ conditions.

Bowel Cancer is the UK’s second biggest cancer killer - claiming a life every 30 minutes yet bowel cancer spotted early can be successfully treated in over 90% of cases. Consultant Colorectal Surgeon Mr David McArthur is calling on people to recognise the symptoms so they are able to act quickly if they spot anything out of the ordinary and stresses that early treatment could mean the difference between life and death.