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24 November 2021
News and media
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Reunion dinner for Filipino nurses – 20 years on
23 November 2021
A group of Filipino nurses are looking forward to a special reunion – 20 years after arriving in the UK and starting work at Walsall Manor Hospital. Around 30 nurses, who arrived in England in October 2001, are attending a special meal at the Dine and Wine buffet restaurant in Walsall town centre on Wednesday, […]
Students walk to bring Christmas cheer to young patients
23 November 2021
A group of students are stepping up to bring some festive cheer to Walsall’s young patients facing the prospect of Christmas in hospital. Sixteen students from South Staffordshire College in Cannock are doing a sponsored walk of around 12 miles tomorrow – Wednesday 24 November – leaving the campus at 9.30am. Their route will take […]
Keeping patients in touch with more than 3,300 calls
22 November 2021
Caring staff have helped Walsall patients make more than 700 video calls to loved ones since July – including a poorly mum who was able to see her baby on the Neonatal Unit. The seven-day-a-week service was introduced when visiting was suspended during the COVID-19 pandemic and has now been hailed as a lifeline for […]
Rob’s walking tours make it into print
20 November 2021
A history lover has put his best foot forward by writing a book on walks around Birmingham to quite literally put the city on the map. Rob Ankcorn, who is Deputy Director of Operations for Medicines and Long Term Conditions with Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust, has been conducting free weekly walking tours around his home […]
Tulip Clinic to help Afghan mums-to-be bloom
20 November 2021
A clinic has been set up at Walsall Manor Hospital to offer pregnant Afghan women a ‘one stop shop’ for their maternity care. The Tulip Clinic, named after the national flower in Afghanistan which is associated with birth and the love between a sibling and its parent, was the first to open in the area. […]