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1 August 2022
Kind-hearted teenage volunteers are cooking up ideas to raise money to benefit Well Wishers charity. Fifteen young adults are hoping to raise more than £50 for the Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust charity from a tombola raffle in the atrium of Walsall Manor Hospital on Friday from 10am-4pm. The teenagers all signed up for the National […]
1 August 2022
Community support is being sought to help make a charity appeal to create a garden for Walsall stroke rehabilitation patients take root and grow. Working alongside the Stroke Rehabilitation Unit at Hollybank House in Willenhall, Walsall Healthcare’s Well Wishers charity and the borough’s Mayor hope to raise around £20,000 for the project. The appeal aims […]
1 August 2022
Today I’m chatting to a real double act, including one who only came to work here for three months to save for a three-piece suite – and hasn’t sat on her laurels as she’s stayed for 39 years! I make no apology in continuing to throw the spotlight on the unsung heroes without whom our […]
28 July 2022
A new Head of Spiritual and Religious Care (SPARC) has taken up his role within two Black Country Trusts to further enhance patient experience and staff wellbeing. Reverend Linford Davis is taking up the brand-new role, overseeing the multi-faith chaplaincy teams at both Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust and The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust. Linford, who […]
28 July 2022
Feedback from patients, families and carers who have experienced services at Walsall Manor Hospital and in the community has helped to create a draft strategy for improvement. The draft Patient Experience Enabling Strategy focuses on priorities over the next three years and three areas of improvement have been identified – Involvement, Engagement and Experience. A […]
27 July 2022
Smokers admitted to Walsall Manor Hospital will soon be offered a service to help them to quit the habit. Patients will be visited by a tobacco dependency team which will admit them into the Q.U.I.T programme if they consent. The support is in line with the national requirement from April 2023 for all inpatients who […]
27 July 2022
Walsall patients leaving hospital who need extra support to settle at home will be provided with a food package and social contact thanks to a local charity. Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust has partnered up with charity Blessed 2 Bless. Blessed 2 Bless is a community project designed to help the homeless and wider community who […]
