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6 November 2018
Occupational Therapists within Walsall Healthcare’s Intermediate Care Team work with physiotherapists, social workers, re-ablement staff and nurses. They support the Rapid Response team, bed-based rehabilitation, hospital discharges and community rehabilitation. Intermediate Care Therapy as a whole receives between 250 and 300 referrals each month and Occupational Therapists are involved in a large proportion of these […]
5 November 2018
Occupational Therapists who support Walsall residents of all ages and help them avoid being admitted to hospital will take centre stage this week as part of an annual celebration of the profession. This year’s Occupational Therapy Week, which runs from 5-11 November, takes the theme of securing the future of Occupational Therapy, one of the […]
5 November 2018
Congratulations to our Complementary Therapies team who have bagged a national award at the 2018 Complementary Therapy Awards! The event, which took place for the first time at London’s Cumberland Hotel on 18 October, celebrated the achievements of therapists working to improve patient health and wellbeing across the UK. This included a spotlight on Walsall […]
1 November 2018
A chill out room has been created for teenagers being treated on the children’s ward at Walsall Manor Hospital – thanks to money raised in memory of former patient Lauren “Lolly” Wilkinson whose family wanted to create a fitting tribute to the much-loved teenager. Lolly’s family managed to raise £5,000 following the 17-year-old’s death from […]
1 November 2018
Thanks to everyone who has supported Lolly's Place
1 November 2018
Staff have been taking part in training sessions with the new beds that will be used in our Intensive Care Unit when it opens later this year. Colleagues joined Clinical Nurse Adviser Gill Taylor from Hill-Rom Ltd for training on how to use all the functions of the new beds – 16 of which have […]
26 October 2018
Walsall Healthcare’s Chair Danielle Oum has been appointed Chair of the Board at Midlands Landlord whg. Danielle said: “Housing and health have long been interests of mine and I’m glad to be able to support the work of both whg and WHT to serve communities in Walsall.” Danielle replaces Mike Hew, who took over the […]
