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3 July 2023
News and media
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Infant feeding survey – last weekend to give your views
30 June 2023
Walsall’s Maternity Voices Partnership (MVP) is keen to hear about mums’ experiences of feeding their babies and the support they received, as National Breastfeeding Week draws to a close. The group helped to develop an infant feeding survey and this is running until next Monday 3 July with the results being discussed at the MVP’s […]
IT Team Scoops top award
30 June 2023
IT Team staff are the proud winners of a national award for the vital work they have carried out to transform Pathology services in the Black Country. The team won the prestigious Royal College of Pathologists Achievement Award which was given out at the college’s annual dinner last week. The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust (RWT) […]
Celebrating 75 NHS years in style
30 June 2023
From entertainers on hospital wards, to a bake sale, a singing Mayor, tea parties and a glitz and glamour ball – 75th birthday celebrations for the NHS promise to be fun-filled and fabulous in Walsall and Wolverhampton next week. Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust and The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust (RWT) are both pulling out all […]
Keeping Sister Dora’s legacy alive in Walsall and beyond
29 June 2023
An author and distant relative of Walsall Nursing heroine Sister Dora has agreed to be part of the 75th birthday celebrations for the NHS at the Manor Hospital. Suzanne Stirke is writing a book about Walsall’s very own Florence Nightingale as she is fondly known. Suzanne’s husband Peter’s great, great, great uncle was married to […]
Showing appreciation for Black Country Midwives
29 June 2023
More than 70 Midwives across four Black Country NHS Trusts will be celebrated at a special event tomorrow that acknowledges their contribution to their teams and the invaluable support they give to pregnant women and families. The Midwives have joined Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust, The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, the Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust […]
Highlighting breastfeeding benefits
28 June 2023
Walsall’s Infant Feeding Team is raising awareness of the benefits of breastfeeding and the support available for new mums. National Breastfeeding Week runs until this Friday 30 June and the team is using this opportunity to further highlight advantages to both babies and mums. Liz Doble, Health visitor with Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust’s Infant Feeding […]
Memories of Maureen
26 June 2023
“I loved the bones of her”. This was how devoted husband Steve Clarke remembered late wife Maureen at a special service held in her memory at Walsall Manor Hospital. A service was held in the Trust Chapel at the hospital to remember Maureen Goring-Clarke, who died of cancer just 21 days after they got married. […]