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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.

Quality Framework launched for 2023-25

3 April 2023

A new milestone quality plan that will provide the structured approach for nursing and allied health professions across two Black Country NHS Trusts for the next two years has been launched today. Called the Quality Framework, it replaces the Clinical Systems Framework, which ran from 2020-22. It is a shared vision for continuous improvement with […]

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Walsall stole Marcia’s heart – for 40 years!

31 March 2023

She may be a Brummie at heart but she found such a warm Walsall welcome when she started her NHS career 40 years ago that Marcia Gardner has stayed at the Manor Hospital ever since. Marcia, who works in Patient Flow, focused on elderly care when she joined Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust back in 1982 […]

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Hayley’s special welcome wins prize

30 March 2023

A caring Nurse has won a prize for her special welcome for new starters following a competition at two Black Country NHS Trusts. Hayley Traverse, Practice Development Nurse, Emergency Department in the Urgent and Emergency Care Centre at Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust, finished as a runner-up in the ‘Warm Welcome’ competition run by Walsall Healthcare […]

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Legacy boost for stroke rehab garden project

29 March 2023

A charity appeal to provide a community garden for stroke rehabilitation patients and their families has received a huge boost – thanks to the generosity of a former Walsall Manor Hospital patient. John Wilson was admitted last May with heart problems that followed an earlier fall and died after a short stay, aged 94. Family […]

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New chapter for retiring Consultant

24 March 2023

When Gunther Selzer arrived in the UK more than 30 years ago he vividly remembers being weighed down by bags as he juggled his possessions and headed towards the start of his medical career. And fittingly, when he retired from Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust earlier this week, he was presented with a leather, monogrammed travel […]

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