Chair UECC 3
8 July 2022
News and media
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Post-natal women boosting research in Walsall
8 July 2022
More than 50 new mums have supported a study that is being led by Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust and its maternity teams aimed at better prevention of the severe trauma that women can experience during childbirth. The OASI2 research project (Obstetric Anal Sphincter Injury) is being led in Walsall by Consultant Mrs Preeti Jain in […]
Blog from our Deputy Chief Executive, Prof. Ann-Marie Cannaby.
6 July 2022
As regular readers of my blog will know, I’m always keen to champion our unsung heroes at both The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust and Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust. And in a new series of features, I’m aiming to shine the spotlight on some of those colleagues without whom the hospitals would not be able […]
New Community Connectors to improve care and reduce health inequalities
6 July 2022
Walsall Together Partnership has been successful in securing £97,000 funding to develop a team of up to 20 Community Connectors to help reduce health inequalities and improve outcomes for people in Walsall. Community Connectors will be recruited based on lived experience and will work with the borough’s most vulnerable communities to help co-produce health and […]
Walsall’s ready to par-tea!
5 July 2022
Cakes, samosas and plenty of cuppas will be the order of the day today as Walsall Healthcare celebrates the 74th birthday of the NHS and takes part in the national Big Tea charity event. Supported by the Trust’s Well Wishers charity and Morrisons, staff and patients at Walsall Manor Hospital will be able to take […]
Free stop smoking support extended to Walsall families
4 July 2022
Partners of Walsall’s mums-to-be, or one family member in the household, will now be offered support to quit smoking for the sake of the babies and children who share their homes.This new support was launched today, Friday 1 July, and consists of a 12 week support programme, through Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust’s Smoking in Pregnancy […]
Kim delivers 30 years and counting
4 July 2022
A popular Walsall Healthcare maternity worker is celebrating 30 years of service with the NHS – and is still hungry for more. The Beatles song ‘When I’m Sixty Four’ is all about winding down but for 64-year-old Kim Billingham, life is as busy as ever – even after retiring, because she came back to work! […]