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20 November 2024
A focus on “Mind and Body” is the theme for this year’s National Self Care Week that is well underway in Walsall. Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust staff and self care volunteers are hosting a stand at the Manor Hospital between 10.30am and 2.30pm today (Wednesday 20 November) near to Costa Coffee to highlight the range […]
17 November 2024
A grateful mum who gave birth to a baby weighing a little more than two bags of sugar has thanked staff at Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust to celebrate World Prematurity Day (WPD). WPD is celebrated on 17 November. It is a global movement to raise awareness of premature birth and the sometimes devastating impact it […]
15 November 2024
A new Chief Operating Officer (COO) has been appointed at Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust. Will Roberts, who is currently in the position of Acting COO, will take up the role immediately. Will began his career in the health service as a management trainee after graduating from the University College London with a degree in physics […]
13 November 2024
A first-time author has drawn on her young family’s experience of loss to help others who are coming to terms with challenges and difficulties – with a sprinkle of fairy magic along the way. Kelly Rickards is an Information Governance Officer at Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust and is proud to have become self-published with her […]
13 November 2024
Patients in Walsall are now being seen for oral surgery faster thanks to a raft of initiatives to speed up their appointments. In June 2023 the wait time for a first appointment for oral issues, such as wisdom teeth removals, at Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust was 56 weeks. This has now been reduced to patients […]
12 November 2024
Charity was the winner as big-hearted boxers helped raise a knockout £2,500 for Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust’s Complex Dementia & Delirium Team. Around 200 people packed out Rushall Labour Club for the seventh annual charity boxing event, with all proceeds from ticket sales and an on-the-night raffle going to Walsall Healthcare’s Well Wishers charity. Tommy, […]
12 November 2024
People suffering from sickness and diarrhoea are being asked to make sure they avoid seeing family or friends in hospital, and reschedule their own medical appointments, to avoid spreading infections to others. The plea has come from Chief Nursing Officers at Walsall Healthcare and The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trusts as they work with local communities […]
8 November 2024
“Patients are at the centre of what we do – it’s about being their advocate and doing the right thing, not the easiest thing.” Kay Barrett is retiring from the world of Occupational Therapy in Walsall today, after clocking up 42 years’ service in the NHS. The mother of two already knows what she’ll miss […]
8 November 2024
Essential work on a £6.2m expansion of the Acute Medical Unit (AMU) at Walsall Manor Hospital will start later this month – with patients and their families being advised there will be some disruption in the waiting room of the Emergency Department for a few weeks. Drainage work is due to start on Monday 18 […]
8 November 2024
Walsall’s former British lightweight boxing champion Martin Gethin will step into a ring tonight for his first bout since retiring more than seven years ago. But this time it will be for fun as he ‘fights’ 13-year-old Tommy Brown in the seventh annual Well Wishers charity boxing event, at Rushall Labour Club. Tommy, from Beechdale, […]
7 November 2024
Extended visiting hours are being introduced at two Black Country hospitals from next week – following feedback from families, friends and carers who said they would welcome this opportunity. Walsall Healthcare and The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trusts will be offering this across general wards at the Manor and New Cross Hospitals from Monday 11 November. […]
7 November 2024
A recruitment event for potential Community Midwives to work in Walsall is being held later this month. Visitors to the event at Walsall Manor Hospital on Saturday 16 November will have the opportunity to be interviewed that day, have the opportunity to speak to the team and tour the Midwifery-Led Unit, community office and Delivery […]
