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12 September 2023
News and media
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Walsall’s focus on World Sepsis Day
10 September 2023
A Walsall team will use the upcoming World Sepsis Day to raise awareness of this life-threatening condition among patients, families and carers as well as NHS colleagues. The Sepsis and Outreach Response Team (SORT) will share survivors’ stories and highlight the efforts of Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust staff around detection and early intervention. World Sepsis […]
Hindu ladies’ group supports Walsall cancer patients
8 September 2023
Kind-hearted members of a Walsall Hindu ladies’ group have donated more than £1,200 to the Chemotherapy Unit at the Manor Hospital to help brighten up the environment. The Radhe Krishna Group, which meets at Shree Ram Mandir temple in Pleck, invited Joan Dyer, Outpatients Matron, and Georgie Westley, Fundraising Manager, from Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust […]
Cute Charlie’s the best medicine
7 September 2023
“Paw-ly” patients at Walsall Manor Hospital will cheer up no end now that a special visitor is looking “fur-ward” to seeing them. Charlie the cavachon is the third Pets As Therapy dog to be coming on board with Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust’s Patient Relations & Experience Team. The cute canine came for a trial visit […]
RAC staff rally for patients
6 September 2023
Members of staff at Walsall’s RAC are driving a donation of more than £2000 towards Walsall’s young patients and those living with dementia. Becky Tombs, Incident Manager at the roadside assistance and insurance organisation, has been busy fundraising, supported by colleagues and sold T shirts to help swell funds for Walsall Healthcare’s Well Wishers charity.. […]
Shingles vaccine to be offered to more
6 September 2023
Eligible adults in the Black Country can now receive the shingles vaccine. Shingles is an extremely painful condition which can develop after a chicken pox infection. It can occur at any age, but the risk and severity of shingles and its complications increase with age and is higher in individuals who have a severely weakened […]
Delightful donation for young diabetes patients
6 September 2023
A kind-hearted businessman has donated mobiles to help Walsall children better manage their diabetes. Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust’s Paediatric Diabetes Team appealed to its charity Well Wishers for some mobile phones as some families are not able to afford the technology needed for treatment. Bevil Williams is the Chief Executive Officer at Repc Ltd which […]