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7 February 2023
Staff on the Acute Medical Unit with the Patient Charter
News and media
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New service for post-menopausal women
7 February 2023
A Walsall service has been adapted with the aim of spotting signs of endometrial cancer quicker, improving patients’ experience. Women who go through the menopause should no longer have periods, so if Post-Menopausal Bleeding (PMB) does occur, it can be a sign of endometrial cancer. A PMB clinic already runs in gynaecology outpatients at Walsall […]
Fundraising Hub makeover
6 February 2023
A popular Fundraising Hub within Walsall Manor Hospital is having a makeover – ready to start spring with a new look for the Well Wishers charity. The hub, which sells handmade cards, books, jigsaws, games and knitted baby items, will close its doors at 5pm this Friday 10 February. It is due to re-open around […]
Help us keep bugs at bay
6 February 2023
People attending appointments or visiting patients at Black Country hospitals are being urged to make sure they stay away if they have sickness and diarrhoea to avoid spreading infection. Norovirus, often referred to as the ‘winter vomiting bug’, is easily transmissible and in order to reduce the risk of the spread of infection a ward […]
In the saddle for charity
4 February 2023
Fundraisers are hoping that a 12-hour cycling marathon will help them pedal their way to pounds a-plenty for a new playroom on Walsall Manor Hospital’s Children’s Ward. They will be taking part in a special Healthy Hearts Cycle-athon on Valentine’s Day, Tuesday 14 February, organised by Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust’s Well Wishers charity. Charity cyclists […]
“Brilliant nurse and fantastic role model” set to retire
3 February 2023
Being able to make a difference to patients’ lives has been the career highlight for nurse Lyndsey Allen who is retiring from Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust this weekend. Lyndsey, whose last job role has been in the Quality in Care Team (QiCT), joined the Trust in 1991 – she started her NHS career as […]
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3 February 2023
Lyndsey Allen with her colleagues as she prepares to retire
Testing our response
1 February 2023
An emergency exercise to test responses, procedures and processes once Walsall Healthcare’s new Urgent and Emergency Care Centre (UECC) is up and running has been set for tomorrow (Thursday 2 February). Members of the public are being reassured that the exercise forms part of Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust’s Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response (EPRR) programme. […]
Heart of Parvati
30 January 2023
Described as having “a heart of gold with a love for children and charity,” a caring mother and grandmother has continued to help others after her death. Jasoda Ishverbhai Patel (known as Parvatiben) passed away unexpectedly on 8 June 2022 aged 69. Originally from India, she came over to the UK to build her life […]