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1 June 2020
Ian in ICU
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.
Walsall support for Breastfeeding Celebration Week
1 June 2020
A range of support for Walsall women who are starting, or continuing, their breastfeeding journey throughout the Covid-19 pandemic is being highlighted as part of Breastfeeding Celebration Week which starts today. Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust usually runs face to face support group sessions but has now adapted to offer virtual clinics and consultations, ensuring contact […]
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1 June 2020
Support worker Lucy gives breastfeeding advice from the MLU
A fundraising family affair
29 May 2020
Mums whose babies are being cared for in the Maternity and Neonatal Units at Walsall Manor Hospital will benefit from the fabulous efforts of a fundraising family. Sean Davenport whose partner Kate Horton is Matron for Walsall Healthcare’s Community Midwives, Midwifery-Led Unit and Antenatal Clinic, teamed up with his daughters Siana and Colleen to crowd […]
Keeping our patients and staff safe and well
29 May 2020
Patients arriving at Walsall Manor Hospital are being asked to follow specific routes when they arrive as efforts continue to manage the COVID-19 pandemic and keep people safe and well. Some outpatient appointments have started running again this week, with others to follow over the next few weeks. Patients are being asked to come into […]
Flying the flag for staff wellbeing
27 May 2020
Staff at Walsall Manor Hospital will be encouraged to sit back and relax while airline staff help them to recharge thanks to a project which took off today. Airline crew currently furloughed or made redundant have set up Project Wingman, now a registered charity, to run in hospitals throughout the country. They create a first […]
Partnership approach to building for the future
27 May 2020
A potential layout for the new £36m Emergency Department and Acute Medical Unit at Walsall Manor Hospital is currently being drawn up following workshops with service users. Interserve Construction has been appointed to build the new development and it will replace the current building whose physical environment struggles to meet increasing patient flow demands. A […]
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27 May 2020
Artist's impression of Emergency Department entrance
An opportunity for reflection
25 May 2020
Walsall Healthcare staff are being given an opportunity to lay a stone representing remembrance, reflection or positivity at a small, local event this week as they continue to work through the COVID-19 period. An area will be created in the middle of the traffic island outside Walsall Manor Hospital’s Emergency Department and Chief Executive Richard […]