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30 July 2024
A Walsall partnership that helps residents to move into healthcare careers has won a regional award in recognition of its success. The Work4Health Programme delivered by Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust, whg, Walsall College and the DWP was named Successful Partnership Award winner at the West Midlands Adult Learning Awards. Judges recognised how the award benefits […]
27 July 2024
Fundraisers are being invited to see a blooming brilliant garden and help Walsall patients at the same time thanks to a green-fingered charity supporter. Michael Carter is hosting a charity garden opening at his home at 25 Wolverhampton Road, Bloxwich, WS3 2HB. The event will take place on Sunday 4 August from 11am-3pm. Everyone is […]
26 July 2024
After 40 years’ service as a Community Respiratory Nurse Specialist, Nicola Humphrey is retiring from Walsall Healthcare and looking forward to a well-deserved rest. Nicola trained at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham and stayed there for the first seven months after qualifying. She then accepted a job in Elderly Care on the Exeter Unit at Walsall Manor Hospital. […]
24 July 2024
A “five-star” service to treat Walsall patients’ leg wounds is celebrating its first anniversary after dealing with more than 1,000 referrals. Since Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust’s Tissue Viability in the Community service started on July 24, 2023, hundreds of wounds have either healed or improved. A total number of 1,105 patients have been referred to […]
24 July 2024
People with suspected COVID-19 are being urged to test if they have symptoms of the virus and to come forward for treatment to keep them out of hospital as a Black Country service celebrates its first anniversary today. Some 21,318 people across Wolverhampton alone have been identified as being eligible by the Black Country Integrated […]
23 July 2024
Black country mums-to-be and new parents can pick up a breastfeeding advice as well as try pregnancy yoga and find out about antenatal support at two free events in Walsall and Wolverhampton next month. To celebrate World Breastfeeding Week (1-7 August 2024), two sessions are being held in partnership with The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust […]
19 July 2024
Judges have voted Walsall Manor Hospital’s Urgent and Emergency Care Centre a national winner – presenting Tilbury Douglas with a construction award in recognition of the successful project. Tilbury Douglas built the centre, which opened to its first patients in March last year, working in partnership with Walsall Healthcare Project Managers, clinical staff, Estates, Infection […]
17 July 2024
A cancer survivor is getting on her bike for an extraordinary challenge to raise money and offer people a chance to honour a loved one. Claire Flatt, Matron with the Faculty Of Research and Clinical Education (FORCE) at Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust, is to cycle approximately 500km from Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam to Angkor […]
16 July 2024
A grandmother has returned to Walsall Manor Hospital with a generous donation, including a selection of hand-made purses and ‘worry worms’, as a thank you to her “incredible” nursing team. Patricia Tidman was diagnosed with breast cancer in March this year after finding a lump. She has just finished her radiotherapy treatment. Following her diagnosis […]
15 July 2024
A brave Matron with a head for heights is getting ready to tackle a skydive to raise funds to help Walsall patients’ recovery. Natasha Gallagher, Acute Matron in Medicine and Long Term Conditions at Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust, will be leaping 13,000 feet from a plane flying at speeds of up to 150mph. The jump […]
12 July 2024
Mums-to-be in Walsall who need support to manage their diabetes can now access an expanded specialist service for help and guidance. Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust has grown its Maternity Diabetic Service, which was initially set up in 2022 for gestational diabetes, so that it now covers all aspects of the condition. The team now consists […]
12 July 2024
A quick-thinking construction worker scooped up a collapsed child and ran with him into Walsall Manor Hospital’s Resus Department – with just seconds to spare before the schoolboy lost his life. Ten-year-old Brooklyn Alwill Foster had gone into diabetic ketoacidosis (a type of diabetic emergency) after becoming unwell a few days’ previously. His family had […]
