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19 January 2021
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.
Parcels to Patients service expanded
19 January 2021
A ‘Parcels to Patients’ service to ensure people have their personal belongings while staying at Walsall Manor Hospital is now being expanded to cover weekends too. The service was set up by Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust’s Patient Experience Team towards the end of last year and has been well used by families and friends of […]
A baby shower of home truths for smokers
19 January 2021
At first glance, it appears to be a cute image of the kind of gift basket seen in baby showers up down the country. But a closer inspection of the “newborn essentials” reveals a needle, antibiotics and other medical items that no new parent would surely expect to receive alongside their little bundle of joy. […]
Never give up, says Michael
18 January 2021
The nights he spent studying in the skills lab while housekeeping staff worked around him may have come to a close now but Walsall Manor Hospital Ward 29 colleague Michael Cope will never forget the blood, sweat and tears that helped him achieve his nursing dream! Michael came to Walsall from the Philippines in 2011 […]
Supporting Walsall mums
15 January 2021
“I know how mums feel – I’ve been where they are and totally understand that motherhood can be overwhelming at times. But support can make all the difference.” Rachel Astle is a Breastfeeding Support Worker with Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust and she is relishing the role that she started in November. “If someone had told […]
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15 January 2021
Rachel is a Breastfeeding Support Worker and she helps mums
Remembering Sister Dora differently this year
14 January 2021
This year’s service of thanksgiving to commemorate and celebrate the life and work of Walsall nursing heroine Sister Dora is being postponed as communities continue to work together to minimise the infection risk of Covid-19. It will be rearranged for a calmer time, potentially in the summer, when infection rates have fallen substantially and stabilised. […]
New unit opens to ease Covid-19 pressure
13 January 2021
Walsall Healthcare’s Respiratory Team has worked with speed to open a new Non Invasive Ventilation (NIV) Unit for Covid-19 patients at Walsall Manor Hospital to ease the pressure within its Critical Care Unit. Rani Virk, Divisional Director of Nursing, Division of Medicine & Long Term Conditions at Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust, paid tribute to staff […]