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26 April 2020
From Spiderman to a friendly unicorn – young patients on Walsall Manor Hospital’s Children’s Ward and Paediatric Assessment Unit are sure of a warm welcome thanks to child-friendly visors that have been developed. Assistant Play Specialist Jo Plank has been busy customising the PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) which needs to be worn in those clinical […]
26 April 2020
Paediatrics staff with the friendly visors
26 April 2020
Survivors of COVID-19 who have been cared for at Walsall Manor Hospital are being offered psychological support as they continue their recovery. Walsall Healthcare’s Clinical Health Psychology Service, which is based in the community at Darlaston Health Centre, is offering help to patients that staff refer to the service. Consultant Clinical Psychologist Dominic Crowley said: […]
26 April 2020
Meet some of our latest Response Volunteers who have joined Walsall Healthcare from Walsall Council to “do their bit” for the wider community. These volunteers usually work in the council’s leisure centres and have no experience of lending a hand in a hospital setting but they have really embraced their new roles. Walsall Healthcare Volunteering […]
25 April 2020
“I just need my rollers and my make-up!” When 90-year-old Eva Sanders relayed that message to her worried family they knew she was definitely getting better after contracting COVID-19. Great grandmother Eva, who is now continuing her recovery at home after being cared for on Ward 3 of Walsall Manor Hospital, hasn’t enjoyed the best […]
25 April 2020
Just a week ago 22-year-old Richard Gaunt was on oxygen in Walsall Manor Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit after contracting COVID-19 – today he’s looking forward to going home. Richard, a keen Walsall Football Club fan, had been feeling unwell for about a week with flu-like symptoms and started to develop a fever. His wife Amelia […]
25 April 2020
COVID-19 patients on Walsall Manor Hospital’s Acute Medical Unit, Ward 29 and Intensive Care Unit will be able to keep some lines of communication open thanks to a generous donation from a local firm. Repc, which was based in Walsall for eight years and is now in West Bromwich, has donated a laptop, tablet and […]
23 April 2020
Pool Hayes Academy pupils have bookmarked this evening for charity as they prepare to read and raise money on World Book Night. Tonight, at 7pm, year 7 students from the school will read for an hour prior to Clap for Carers to help raise money for Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust’s charity, Well Wishers. Well Wishers […]
