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21 May 2021
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News and media
This section gives you the latest news about our work and achievements. Click on the link to any story to read the full details. If you are a member of the media and wish to contact our press office, please visit our News and Media page.
Visitors’ joy at hospital reunions
20 May 2021
“I was overcome with emotion which made the staff on the reception desk cry too but this was such a big thing for me – I haven’t seen my mum for 15 months!” Jo Beddows is one of hundreds of visitors who have been welcomed back to Walsall Manor Hospital this week as restrictions have […]
Cavell Star Awards
20 May 2021
Our Paediatric Wards and Paediatric Epilepsy Speciality Nurse are shining like stars after being awarded the Cavell Star Awards last month. An inspiring national awards programme, Cavell Star Awards are given to nurses, midwives, nursing associates and healthcare assistants who shine bright and show exceptional care to one of three groups of people: their colleagues, […]
Farewell to Joan
19 May 2021
After 30 years’ service Newborn Hearing Screener Joan Ball is retiring today and looking forward to a well-deserved rest. Joan started at Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust in 1991, primarily as a Health Care Assistant on the Postnatal Ward Primrose. Then, in 2004 she joined the Newborn Hearing Screening where she has worked ever since. The […]
Supporting staff is key to tackling CQC concerns
19 May 2021
Inspections carried out across medical wards at Walsall Manor Hospital by the Care Quality Commission have highlighted concerns over staffing levels, patient discharges and governance. The three domains assessed in the unannounced March 2021 inspection – safe, responsive and well-led – have been rated as “Inadequate” as a result; downgraded from “Requires Improvement.” The overall […]
Acting early saved Philip’s life
18 May 2021
“Don’t ignore the symptoms” is the clear message from a former Walsall lung cancer patient who is urging people to get themselves checked out. Ex-engineer Philip Huggins’ life changed when he received the diagnosis of lung cancer in March last year. The 73-year-old was experiencing persistent coughing. As someone who classed himself as fit and […]
Visitors welcomed back to Walsall Manor
13 May 2021
Visitors will be welcomed back on to Walsall Manor Hospital wards from Monday 17 May – assuming local case numbers of Covid-19 continue to fall and they have no virus symptoms. A booking system has been set up and one visitor per patient per day will be allowed to come into the hospital and stay […]