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21 April 2022
A group of kind-hearted construction workers are preparing to get very messy this weekend – but it’s all in a good cause, to raise money for Walsall Healthcare’s Well Wishers charity. Ten Tilbury Douglas employees involved in the new c£40 million Urgent and Emergency Care Centre project at Walsall Manor Hospital are taking part in […]
19 April 2022
Elaine Cooper can look back on her Walsall NHS career with pride and satisfaction after developing and leading the Specialist Complementary Therapy Service for cancer and palliative care patients that saw her realise a personal dream almost three decades ago. Elaine, who is Clinical Lead for the service retired from Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust today […]
19 April 2022
More than 100 new air purification devices have been installed at Walsall Manor Hospital which will benefit patients receiving treatment as well as staff working there. GAMA healthcare delivered and installed them, with support and help from Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust’s Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), Estates and Facilities and Electrical and Biomedical Engineering (EBME) […]
19 April 2022
This Bowel Cancer Awareness Month, health experts from Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust are raising awareness of the symptoms and where to seek advice. The symptoms of bowel cancer include: bleeding from your bottom and / or blood in your poo a persistent and unexplained change in bowel habit unexplained weight loss extreme tiredness for no […]
14 April 2022
Walsall Healthcare’s home birth service has been re-introduced with community midwives helping to welcome a hat trick of new arrivals within one week alone! The service was paused during the COVID-19 pandemic as community midwives were asked to support colleagues within Walsall Manor Hospital, where most mums give birth. Divisional Director of Midwifery, Gynaecology and […]
13 April 2022
After 49 years’ service Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Specialist Sue Plant is retiring today and looking forward to a well-deserved rest. Sue started as a cadet in Walsall General Hospital when she was 16. She is dual trained in midwifery and nursing. She became a medical sister, then district nurse and has worked at Compton […]
