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17 September 2018
Audiologists will be raising awareness of balance problems next week and offering a wealth of information to Walsall people who either suffer from this disorder or want to try and prevent it. Balance Awareness Week runs until 22 September and as part of the focus, Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust audiologists will host a stand in […]
14 September 2018
We’ve become quite a talking point over our bus poster campaign – created in consultation with teenagers – about avoiding unwanted pregnancy and the sexual health services available for young people. The campaign, which ran over the summer hols, has attracted a complaint. The complainant didn’t contact us with her concerns but her views have […]
9 September 2018
League of Friends volunteer Alan Bell has very recently made the decision to become an organ donor. Alan, who volunteers for the Host and Hostess service that greets visitors to Walsall Manor Hospital, had a discussion with his wife Dorothy who had already signed up. “The thought came to me when I went to Sandwell […]
8 September 2018
“It made me think about how man families there are out there waiting and hoping for an organ to give their child their life back” Pam Bamford’s teenage daughter Lauren “Lolly” Wilkinson died from a cardiac arrest following an asthma attack in January 2017. The 17-year-old Grace Academy student suffered from brittle asthma and a […]
7 September 2018
Ask father-of-one Tom Barker about his life before his kidney and pancreas transplant just a few weeks ago and he describes a vicious circle of dialysis, feeling ill after dialysis, being unable to plan holidays and not having the energy to play with his young daughter. Post-transplant and Tom says: “I’m a different person. All […]
