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Well Wishers at the heart of fundraising
2 March 2021
Community Nurses have been given a helping hand to carry out heart monitoring in patients’ homes – thanks to Walsall Healthcare’s Well Wishers charity. Staff used to have to carry bulky equipment around with them but now have portable ECG monitors for use by the four locality teams in the borough. This has made a […]
Walsall’s response to Zero Discrimination Day
1 March 2021
Today is Zero Discrimination Day, an annual day celebrated on 1 March by the United Nations and other international organisations. It aims to promote equality before the law and in practice throughout all of the member countries of the United Nations. The United Nations is highlighting the urgent need to take action to end the […]
Giving young people a voice at 1st Friday Focus
1 March 2021
Young people’s experiences and feedback as a result of being inpatients at Walsall Manor Hospital are being sought to help shape local health services. Healthwatch Walsall, Director of Postgraduate Medical Education Dr Hesham Abdalla and Paediatric Matron Charlotte Yale have joined forces to stage a 1st Friday Focus session. This session will help develop a […]
Baby love a real boost for young mum
25 February 2021
When baby Leo held on to his mummy’s hand for the first time it was a precious moment that their family had only dared to dream of. Leo’s mum Ellie Wright contracted Covid-19 when she was 30 weeks pregnant and couldn’t start life-saving treatment until her baby had been delivered. Leo was born by emergency […]
Morale boost for stroke team
24 February 2021
Staff working in the Integrated Stroke Team have been among the first to benefit from a new support network set up between Walsall Healthcare’s Well Wishers charity and local businesses. Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust Fundraising Manager Georgie Westley, Richard Scandrett from Drain Doctor and Tom Williams from Coinadrink, have been working together for several months […]
Vital study support from Walsall Healthcare staff
22 February 2021
Just under 300 members of staff at Walsall Healthcare have been taking part in the national SIREN study which examines whether prior infection with SARS-CoV2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) protects against future infection with the same virus. The study has been running at Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust for six months now and 286 participants, […]
Walsall Prevent Programme
19 February 2021
A new guide for parents and carers concerned about the radicalisation of young people has been developed by Walsall Prevent Programme. Radicalisation is a process by which individuals, often young people, move from supporting moderate mainstream views, to supporting extreme ideological views. It makes those at risk more likely to support terrorism and violent acts […]
Community spirit still going strong
17 February 2021
It may be almost a year since Coronavirus emerged but that hasn’t meant the community spirit has stopped flowing into Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust. A donation from Eurofoods Group for Walsall Manor’s Hospital Critical Care Unit and a drop off at Darlaston Health Centre for Community Nurses was arranged by Interim Chair of Union of […]