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23 May 2024
Hundreds of Walsall schoolchildren cooked up a fundraising feast after selling homemade treats to raise more than £1,100 for charity. Some 292 children and 19 teachers at the Aisha Mosque in Walsall held a non-uniform day and hosted a fundraiser with bakes and snacks including pizza, doughnuts and sweetcorn. The proceeds were divided equally between […]
22 May 2024
Three new operating theatres are being created at Walsall Manor Hospital in a £5.5m refurbishment project. As well as the new theatres, which will be larger, a 10-bedded recovery area with two designated paediatric bays will replace the current six-bedded recovery. One of the theatres will have laser capability and state-of-the-art fixtures and fittings, along […]
21 May 2024
Children and young people being treated at Walsall Manor Hospital are being given activity packs to help them through potentially stressful visits. Age-specific activity packs are being given to children who are treated on Ward 21 and in the Paediatric Assessment Unit, the Emergency Department and Paediatric Outpatients. The 500 packs were kindly donated by […]
20 May 2024
Young carers – some of whom have never been to the seaside – are being treated to a trip away thanks to Walsall Healthcare’s Well Wishers charity. The charity has teamed up with the School Nursing Team and Walsall Council to work with Deena Sobeih from the UPS parcel delivery firm to give young carers […]
20 May 2024
Colleagues and loved ones have raised £3,325 in memory of a former Walsall patient. Martin Quinn hosted a fundraising walk to honour his late colleague Kamaljit Singh Bains, who died at Goscote Hospice on 12 July, following a short battle with lung cancer. The three-mile walk took place in the British Camp location in the […]
17 May 2024
Staff at Goscote Hospice exceeded expectations with their compassionate care, according the grateful family of a former patient. Dorothy Perry, known as Dot by her loved ones, died in Goscote Hospice on February 28, at the age of 82. Over the past 40 years Dot, who lived in Bloxwich, had lived with different forms of […]
16 May 2024
People in the Black Country are being reminded to order any repeat prescriptions they may need ahead of the spring bank holiday (Monday 27 May). GP practices and pharmacies will have limited opening hours over the bank holiday weekend, making it more challenging for people to access medicines at short notice and may lead to […]
15 May 2024
An ambitious Black Country healthcare professional is setting up a network to support internationally-recruited Prosthetists and Orthotists (P&Os) entering the UK workforce. Chiazoka Ezeuzo, Clinical Orthotist for Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust and The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust (RWT) – known by her middle name Mary– assesses, prescribes and manages Orthotic devices used to support weakened […]
15 May 2024
Walsall mums-to-be and families can now use a dedicated entrance for Maternity Services at the Manor Hospital. The new maternity entrance is located by the Maternity Emergency entrance at the hospital. The area is drop off only, no parking is allowed. This is due to the entrance being used for ambulance emergency access. A new […]
13 May 2024
Patients who are supported in their own homes – via community services provided by Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust – are being given the opportunity to share feedback for the first time. “The care we give in the place you live” survey was launched last week at Blakenall Village Centre and is a partnership between the […]
12 May 2024
Drawings created by budding young artists have been donated to Walsall Healthcare staff as a thank you to mark International Nurses’ Day (12 May 2024). Based in Wolverhampton City Centre, Freedom Fostering is an independent fostering agency which aims to help recruit and train foster carers. The organisation currently has 35 looked after children in […]
12 May 2024
A restaurateur goes from front of house to home visits as he juggles careers as a Nurse. Father-of-three Anwar Hoq, 52, has run an Indian restaurant for more than 26 years but retrained as a Nurse at Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust more than five years ago. And he is in the spotlight on International Nurses’ […]
