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5 September 2023
Two Walsall NHS colleagues will be swapping their scrubs for mountain gear as they take on the Himalayas to fundraise for their hospital’s charity. Ashok Puligari, General and Colorectal Surgeon and Venugopal Guduri, Consultant in Trauma and Orthopaedics will be trekking the Annapurna Circuit in the Nepalese Himalayas on 2 October. The high-altitude trek with […]
5 September 2023
Children in the Black Country will be offered a free NHS flu vaccine from this month. Flu is caused by the influenza virus; as well as being highly infectious, the virus can cause serious illnesses in children, such as sepsis and pneumonia. Last year, 6,000 children aged five and under in England ended up in […]
4 September 2023
Initiatives which involved children in making healthcare improvements and creating a staff lounge to support teams through the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond, have put Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust on a national awards shortlist. The Little Voices project has made it into the Communicating Effectively category of The Patient Experience Network National Awards (PENNA), while The […]
4 September 2023
Eligible people living in the Black Country will soon be invited to come forward for a flu and COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccination programmes are set to start from 11 September, with care home residents and those most at risk first in line to receive a dose. The offer will then be opened up to the […]
4 September 2023
After clocking up an NHS career of almost four decades, Walsall Continence/Urology Clinical Sister Jo Nicholls is looking forward to having some more free time as she retires. Jo started working in Walsall in 1986 and did her training at the Sister Dora School of Nursing which she describes as “an amazing few years.” “My […]
1 September 2023
Details of 27 studies that patients are part of, as well as how to get involved in similar opportunities, will be available at a special research focus at Walsall Manor Hospital this week. Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust’s Research Team, which is part of the Faculty of Research and Clinical Education (FORCE), is setting up a […]
1 September 2023
Walsall Manor Hospital’s new Urgent and Emergency Care Centre (UECC) has been shortlisted for a national award. The c£40m development, which opened to patients in March this year, has been nominated in the Building Magazine Awards Project of the Year category. The joint submission was made by Tilbury Douglas, who constructed the new build, and […]
