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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.

Memory Hearts to reassure patients and families

7 May 2020

Wooden Memory Hearts are being given to patients receiving end of life care at Walsall Manor Hospital during their final hours as a token of reassurance for their families and carers that they were not alone when they died. The hearts are being made by a group of people from all over the country and […]

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They’re in fine voice

6 May 2020

If you caught Channel 4 News last Thursday you may have heard a taste of our Walsall Healthcare choir singing a beautiful version of the Coldplay song “Fix You.” The original idea to record a song came from Fundraising Manager Georgie Westley who approached members of our Trust’s Got Talent winning act to see if […]

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“This was a big surprise, I’m so thankful to be going home today!”

6 May 2020

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Rickell’s midwifery dream

5 May 2020

For Rickell Bailey becoming a midwife didn’t come easily but she never gave up on her dream career. The 34-year-old tried for seven years to become a midwife then went into adult nursing as she always knew she wanted to care for and support people. “I had a friend who went through multiple pregnancies in […]

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Natalie’s found her vocation

5 May 2020

She embarked on a maths degree but in her heart of hearts Natalie Wilkes really wanted to be a midwife so she traded geometry for gestation and has never looked back! Natalie, a Team Leader,  has been at Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust since 2003 and also did her training here. She is one of our […]

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