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8 March 2023
News and media
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Make the change this ‘No Smoking Day’
8 March 2023
Smokers in Walsall are being urged quit this ‘No Smoking Day’ – Wednesday 8 March 2023 – as research shows those who smoke are more likely to develop dementia. The annual awareness day encourages smokers to make a quit attempt and this year’s theme is ‘stopping smoking protects your brain health’. Evidence shows smoking raises […]
Unexpected bonus for Walsall charity appeal
7 March 2023
A Walsall solicitors has proved to be a real asset for a charity fundraising appeal at Walsall Manor Hospital – to the tune of £5,000. HCB solicitors has kindly donated dormant funds to the playroom appeal on the Children’s Ward and popped in to hand a cheque over to its Well Wishers Charitable Funds Committee […]
Walsall AMU next to move into new centre
6 March 2023
Patients on the Acute Medical Unit (AMU) at Walsall Manor Hospital will be the next to move into its state-of-the art Urgent and Emergency Care Centre this week. Teams from the Emergency Department (ED) were the first to move into the new £c40m centre overnight last Wednesday 1 March, into the following day Thursday 2 […]
Double celebration for Liz as she retires from pharmacy
6 March 2023
An “incredibly attentive” and supportive member of the pharmacy team is set to retire from Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust at the end of the month – after almost four decades in the NHS. Liz Payne, who currently works as a principal pharmacist medicines safety officer at Walsall Manor Hospital, is retiring after almost 38 years […]
Support is here to STaY
3 March 2023
“It enabled me to keep my passions going – my son and nursing.” Cath Wilson, Deputy Director of Nursing at Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust and The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust (RWT) , managed to combine her work with caring for her son, who has complex needs, because of the support she received. And she has […]