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This section gives you the latest news about our work and achievements. Click on the link to any story to read the full details. If you are a member of the media and wish to contact our press office, please visit our News and Media page.

MLU work making good progress

14 April 2023

Work is progressing well on Walsall’s relocated Midwifery-Led Unit (MLU) which is expected to be ready to open in the summer. The relocation is part of a £1.6m Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust Maternity Services refurbishment and follows feedback from families who have said they would like access to an onsite MLU. The refurbishment also includes the […]

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Fundraisers hoping for peak perfection

12 April 2023

A fundraising foursome is preparing to climb Ben Nevis later this month to help generate cash to bring some life to a paediatric area in Walsall’s new Urgent and Emergency Care Centre (UECC). NHS colleagues Liz Slevin, Corrine O’Callaghan and Sarah Clarke will take on the highest mountain in the British Isles with friend Darren […]

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Couple’s kindness in memory of special son

10 April 2023

A grieving couple whose baby son died when he was just 32 days old have been bringing a smile to other children in his memory by dropping off some Easter treats to Walsall Manor Hospital. For Katrina Williams and Ashley Melia, Good Friday’s visit was the first time they had returned to the hospital since […]

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An egg-stra special Easter Sunday

9 April 2023

Staff and patients at Walsall Manor Hospital have been treated to an Easter Sunday filled with fun and egg-citement thanks to the generosity of those in our communities. An Easter Bunny, arranged through Walsall Healthcare’s Well Wishers charity, arrived to put a smile on the faces of our patients who are spending Easter away from […]

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Special tea party for hospice patient

5 April 2023

A family was able to spend some precious time together with their loved one receiving end-of-life care after help from Walsall Healthcare’s Well Wishers charity. The charity was able to support the wishes of lung cancer patient Andy Jenvey, aged 58, who was staying at Goscote Hospice and sadly died on 21 March. The Walsall […]

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Jim’s farewell after 48 years

5 April 2023

After a 48-year career, Biomedical Scientist Jim Baughan has hung up his lab coat for good and retired from Black Country Pathology Services (BCPS). Jim started his career as a trainee at what was then the Birmingham Regional Health Authority. “Once qualified I worked at East Birmingham Hospital – now known as Heartlands – but […]

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