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3 November 2022
News and media
This section gives you the latest news about our work and achievements. Click on the link to any story to read the full details. If you are a member of the media and wish to contact our press office, please visit our News and Media page.
CLiPP to be launched in community
2 November 2022
A “really exciting” innovation that allows students to lead patient care while under supervision has been launched into the community for the first time by Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust. Collaborative Learning in Practice or CLiPP will be rolled out at Hollybank House Stroke Rehabilitation Unit in Willenhall on Tuesday, 15 November, with 17 students. If […]
Birth partner welcome at maternity triage
1 November 2022
One birth partner is now welcome to attend maternity triage with mums-to-be at Walsall Manor Hospital. During the COVID-19 pandemic, numbers in maternity triage had to be limited as Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust worked with service users to keep the hospital as safe as possible for all. Carla Jones-Charles, Divisional Director of Midwifery, Gynaecology and […]
Generous Hollie’s neonatal gift
31 October 2022
A big-hearted schoolgirl has used all her pocket money to buy CD players and discs for Walsall’s Neonatal Unit which is caring for her baby sister – ten years after she was looked after there herself. Hollie Kendall decided to “help all the babies” after realising there weren’t CD players for everyone on the unit. […]
Walsall medical students get their kicks
29 October 2022
More than 40 Walsall medical students scored a visit to Walsall FC’s Poundland Bescot Stadium. Third and fourth year students from the University of Birmingham, on placement at Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust, netted a bonding trip organised by Andy Tams, Undergraduate Medical Education Team (UMET) Manager and his colleagues. Students enjoyed a pre-match drink at […]
Rehab appeal in mind this World Stroke Day
29 October 2022
This World Stroke Day, fundraisers and nursing staff from Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust want to renew their charity appeal for a community rehabilitation garden to support recovering patients. The day is an opportunity to raise awareness of the serious nature and high rates of stroke, talk about prevention and treatment and ensure better care and […]
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29 October 2022
The Mayor of Walsall with a painting of how the garden may look