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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.

Walsall support for global cholesterol trial

4 August 2022

Two Walsall patients are taking part in a global trial that focuses on a new treatment for those who suffer from a condition caused by high cholesterol. Hypercholesterolemia can be caused by a gene inherited from a parent and it means that some people have high cholesterol from birth which can lead to the early […]

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Mayor backs plans for community garden

3 August 2022

Walsall’s Mayor has given her seal of approval to a charity appeal to raise around £20,000 to create a community garden for stroke rehabilitation patients.  Councillor Rose Martin was among around 30 guests at an open day launch yesterday to announce plans to transform the grounds at the Stroke Rehabilitation Unit at Hollybank House in […]

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Carol is connecting with communities

3 August 2022

Service users across Walsall have been sharing their views with Equality and Inequality Lead Midwife Carol King-Stephens who is working with them to make maternity services more culturally aware and equitable. Carol took up her role at Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust back in March and has been spending time with women who meet at: Chuckery […]

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Meet Megan Schubert, Specialist Infant Feeding Midwife

3 August 2022

Meet our Special Infant Feeding Midwife, Megan Schubert, who qualified as a midwife with Walsall Healthcare in 2018 after being inspired by having her own child back in 2013. Megan went on to breastfeed, experienced how challenging it can be and believed that one day she could support others (mothers and families). After a few […]

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South Asian Heritage Month

3 August 2022

South Asian Heritage Month (17 July – 18 August) is an opportunity to acknowledge and thank our colleagues who have family roots and connections across South Asia. We are fortunate to work in an organisation with such a richly diverse workforce, with people from different cultures, different faiths and different communities who all play a […]

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Euros success just the start – Veronie

2 August 2022

Walsall staff nurse and proud ‘footy mum’ Veronie Archer believes England’s Euros success is a milestone for women now football has ‘come home’. Veronie, whose son Cameron Archer plays for Aston Villa, reckons the Lionesses’ 2-1 extra-time victory over Germany in the final at Wembley will change the way women’s sport is seen in this […]

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