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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.
Announcement of WHT as one of first COVID-19 vaccination Hospital Hubs
6 December 2020
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust has today been announced as the first site in the Black Country and West Birmingham to start administering the COVID-19 vaccination. The Trust expects to begin vaccine administration within the next week. The order in which people will receive the vaccine is decided by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation […]
Covid ‘Safe at Home’ Service launches
4 December 2020
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust has become the first in the West Midlands to offer an innovative early supported discharge service to patients with Covid-19. The Acute Medicine and Community teams have worked together to launch this service in which patients are taught to take their oxygen readings with a pulse oximeter. A pulse oximeter is […]
Working hard to keep patients safe
4 December 2020
Patients are being assured that appointments, procedures or operations for cancer care, and those classed as clinically urgent, continue to be prioritised by Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust as it juggles the additional demands of the Covid-19 pandemic. Some routine care has had to be postponed but a lot of work is going on in both […]
Teamwork at its best as Purple Hub era comes to an end
2 December 2020
Whether it’s organising donations from Walsall Healthcare’s Well Wishers charity, running deliveries of food and snacks for hard pressed colleagues, co-ordinating Response Volunteers to drop off PPE or setting up video calls between patients and families – our colleagues in the Purple Hub have shown teamwork at its best. So it was the end of […]
Important message for Walsall mums-to-be
25 November 2020
Walsall mums-to-be who notice that their baby moving less or are concerned with their baby’s movements are being urged to seek help sooner rather than later as this could save their baby’s life. Carla Jones-Charles, Divisional Director of Midwifery at Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust, urged women not to be afraid to come into hospital amid […]
Crafty Christmas appeal launched today!
25 November 2020
Today sees the launch of Well Wishers charity’s annual Craft Christmas appeal to support young patients on Walsall Manor Hospital’s Children’s Ward. Well Wishers, which is Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust’s charity, makes a seasonal plea for donations of craft materials such as colouring books, glitter, ribbons, paper, card and pens to help take young patients’ […]
New menu choices for Walsall patients
24 November 2020
Roast Vegetable Tart, Chicken Tikka Masala and Lamb Pie are just some of the options being added to Walsall Healthcare’s menus from this week to tickle patients’ taste buds and help them on the road to recovery. Eight new meals have been added following feedback via a Food Faves survey that was carried out in […]