Hospital staff made the leader of the Liberal Democrats disrobe before he visited patients on a stroke ward in the Midlands yesterday.

One in ten operations at a Birmingham hospital has been cancelled or postponed as it battles "exceptional winter pressures", it emerged yesterday. About ten non-emergency procedures a day are being delayed at Good Hope Hospital, in Sutton Coldfield, where surgeons perform about 98 operations a day.

A children's nurse has been suspended and five others are being investigated following the death of a teenager at a Birmingham hospital. The internal inquiry surrounds the death of 15-year-old female patient, who died on Ward 16 at Heartlands Hospital, in Bordesley Green, seven weeks ago.

By Alison Dayani A CHILDREN'S nurse has been suspended and five others are being investigated following the death of a teenager at a Birmingham hospital, it was claimed today.

By Alison Dayani A PIONEERING trial at a Birmingham hospital has almost eradicated infections on a ward.