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3 October 2023
News and media
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Junior flies the flag for mentors
3 October 2023
A Black Country mentor will be sharing his experience and expertise to help inspire people in the local community at a special event. Junior Hemans, Non-Executive Director for Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust and a former Non-Executive Director of The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, will be hosting a special ‘Evening With’ on Wednesday 4 October, which […]
Health advice during industrial action
2 October 2023
People in the Black Country are being urged to think carefully about which health service they should use during this week’s industrial action. Hospital Consultants and Junior Doctors went on strike for 72 hours from 7am today (Monday 2 October), until 7am on Thursday 5 October, which will affect NHS local services. All health and […]
Event showcases SLT successes
29 September 2023
From the importance of supporting parents in New Cross Hospital’s Neonatal Unit to being a key part of Walsall’s Family Hubs and using instrumental assessment on adult wards – the wealth of invaluable work carried out by Speech and Language Therapists (SLT) has been showcased at a celebratory event. Special guests were Steve Jamieson, Chief […]
Little Voices make a big impact with award judges
29 September 2023
An innovative project that puts children at the heart of young patients’ experience at Walsall Manor Hospital has picked up a national award. The Little Voices project, developed by Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust’s Patient Relations & Experience Team, beat strong competition to win the category of Communicating Effectively accolade in The Patient Experience Network National […]
Nothing ‘comperes’ to show-maker Micky
29 September 2023
As a boxing compere, Micky Cooper once had to deal with a fan jumping out of the crowd to KO a boxer – but with no knockouts allowed, that definitely won’t be happening when he introduces the forthcoming Walsall charity event. That was the scenario at one of his previous shows, but thankfully it’s never […]
Andy ready to be handy in the ring
27 September 2023
Wolves fan Andy Gilkes wants to make it third time lucky as he bids to put the boot into his boxing bad luck and score a win in the ring. The 44-year-old from Pelsall has fought in the Well Wishers charity fight show twice before and lost, so he is hoping for better fortunes in […]