TWO hospitals caring for some of the area's sickest patients are benefiting from the delivery of more than 20 new pieces of equipment worth more than £200,000.

The critical care departments at Heartlands and Good Hope Hospitals, both part of the Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, received 11 new haemo-filtration machines and 10 new ventilators between them.

This will further improve facilitates and provide an extra boost to the quality of care for critically ill patients.