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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.

Drinkers raise toast to Well Wishers

16 August 2022

Walsall Healthcare’s Well Wishers charity will be the toast of Cannock Real Ale and Cider Festival next month with hundreds of pounds hopefully boosting its funds. Organisers will be raising money from the sale of drinkers’ unsold beer tokens at the event, which is being held from Thursday, September 15 to Saturday, September 17 at […]

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Walsall family’s donation in memory of much-loved Daniel

15 August 2022

Story cubes have been donated to Walsall Manor Hospital’s Children’s Ward by the grateful family of a much-loved former patient who died earlier this year. Daniel Meredith, who had very complex needs, was regularly treated on the ward. He was born at 27 weeks and suffered trauma to his brain and damage to his pituitary […]

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Chief Nurse’s blog

12 August 2022

Continuing my series of features on those without whom the hospital wouldn’t function, Jill Bayliss has just celebrated her 57th birthday – and she knows the value of life because she once saved someone’s. Support Services Assistant Jill, who has been employed by Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust for 23 years, works 27 hours a week […]

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Walsall Together’s new Director of Transformation and Place Development

11 August 2022

Michelle McManus has been appointed as the Director of Transformation and Place Development for Walsall Together. Michelle has been carrying out this role on an interim basis since November 2021, helping the partnership to develop and work together to reduce health inequalities, improve outcomes for the people of Walsall and achieve its vision of ‘collaborating […]

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Key role for Walsall Healthcare development

10 August 2022

A key role to support staff who are moving into Walsall’s Urgent and Emergency Care Centre, as well as work with patients who will be using services in the new multi-million-pound facility, is now being advertised. This exciting new post is for a Clinical Project Support Manager with Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust for a six-month […]

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Mother’s pride at son’s Games legacy

10 August 2022

Walsall NHS worker Naheed Razzaq has been soaking up the Commonwealth Games knowing her son has made a major splash of his own at the hugely successful event. Tahir Razzaq is the Construction Lead for main contractor Wates Construction, which built the £86m Sandwell Aquatic Centre, and is the son of Naheed, Outreach Support Officer […]

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Mayor praises “amazing” hospice staff

10 August 2022

Walsall’s Mayor has praised staff for their “tremendous support for patients and amazing work” on a visit to Walsall Palliative Care Centre. Councillor Rose Martin has selected Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust’s charity Well Wishers as one of her three chosen charities and she is keen to do all she can to promote the work of […]

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