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Spotlight on specialist team supporting diabetes patients
12 June 2020
Did you know that having diabetes means you’re at much greater risk of developing foot problems? Walsall Healthcare has a specialist team dedicated to this area of care and is highlighting its work as part of Diabetes Week which runs until 14 June. Dr Krishnasamy Senthil-Kumar, Ian Tarr, Lindsey Phillips and Alex Hadley make up this team which offers […]
Walking for Well Wishers
9 June 2020
HR Business Partner Nisha Khunkhuna can talk the talk but for May she decided to walk the walk for Walsall Healthcare’s charity Well Wishers. During lockdown Nisha’s sister set a challenge for their family by suggesting they all take part in the May 50k challenge which had to be completed by walking or running. To […]
Samantha’s been left to her own devices (and given some too!)
9 June 2020
In times like these we rely on our devices to connect with loved ones and keep us entertained and most of us probably wouldn’t know what to do without them. For Samantha Holland this is something she did not want patients at Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust to miss out on at what can be a […]
Supporting Walsall’s young carers
9 June 2020
Carers Week runs from 8-14 June and is an annual campaign to raise awareness of caring, highlight the challenges unpaid carers face and recognise the contribution they make to families and communities throughout the UK. It also helps people who don’t think of themselves as having caring responsibilities to identify as carers and access much-needed […]
New mums enjoy a skintoskinathon!
3 June 2020
As part of Breastfeeding Celebration Week mums on Walsall Manor Hospital’s postnatal ward have been encouraged to enjoy skin to skin contact with their babies today – a skintoskinathon! Hazel Brookes, Infant Feeding Specialist Midwife, said: “Skin to skin provides the perfect environment for a baby to transition to the outside world. “We have been […]
Covid-19 family’s £10,000 fundraiser
1 June 2020
A grateful Covid-19 survivor’s family has launched a £10,000 appeal to buy rehabilitation equipment and create an outside space for recovering Intensive Care Unit patients and their visitors. Ian Hawkins, aged 57, was admitted to Walsall Manor Hospital on 29 March after developing Covid-19 symptoms and experiencing breathing difficulties. Within 24 hours the father-of-two was […]