Celebrating International Nurses’ Day

Dedicated Nurses across two Black Country NHS Trusts are being thanked and celebrated during a global appreciation of their essential roles in healthcare. Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust and The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust are proud to mark International Nurses’ Day (12 May) and appreciate staff who work across their hospitals and community services. This is […]

Celebrating Walsall’s Sister Dora

A Walsall Nursing heroine, whose compassion and care during the 1860s and 1870s is still acknowledged today, will be celebrated at a special service this weekend. Dorothy Pattison, better known as Sister Dora, is often referred to as Walsall’s very own Florence Nightingale for her selfless dedication to nursing thousands of patients at two hospitals […]

Chief Nurse’s blog

As this is my first blog of 2023, I wish you all a belated happy new year! I hope you managed to spend some time with loved ones and have managed to recharge your batteries. A new year is always a time for new starts and I’m pleased to report senior nurses across The Royal […]

Laughter and tears for Joan’s send off

Much-loved Outpatients Matron Joan Dyer retired yesterday (Thursday 24 March) after 19 years with Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust and feeling full of pride for her work in establishing and Chairing its BAME Shared Decision-Making Council.Colleagues from Outpatients and the BAME Council ensured she had a good send off and spoke warmly about the difference she […]

Lucy and Lola – here to support our new colleagues

“We believe that everyone should be made to feel welcomed and valued and treated with dignity and respect.” Lola Omotoso is Matron for Walsall Healthcare’s international recruitment and Lucy Button is Senior Sister and both are here to support new colleagues as they settle into their roles and lives in the Black Country. They are […]

International Nurses’ Day message from Carla Jones-Charles, Divisional Director

“As we celebrate International Nurses’ Day I want to reflect on the stresses of the last years and the response of my nursing teams to the pandemic.” “Last April (2020) we approached our gynae nurses both on ward 23 and outpatients to support the trust’s response to the increasing demand of sick patients requiring nursing […]

International Nurses’ Day – Diane Harvey

We’re thrilled that one of our Walsall Healthcare nurses has won a BBC WM radio heroes award – just in time for International Nurses’ Day! Chief Executive of the University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundations Trust Dame Julie Moore announced Healthcare Assistant Diane Harvey as the winner and said: “At a time when this individual could […]

International Nurses’ Day – Tamilselvi Mohanlal

We are shining the International Nurses’ Day spotlight on our colleague Tamilselvi Mohanlal. Tamilselvi works in the TB department at Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust as a Specialist TB Nurse. She worked in cardiothoracic ITU for 11 years, surgical specialities for 13 years and  general medicine for three years before moving to her role as a […]

Values a strong pull for international nurses

It’s a warm Walsall welcome to our latest group of international nurses who are joining our trust from Nigeria! Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust, in partnership with Royal Wolverhampton Trust, is proud to be working with 17 new colleagues who have been offered a Clinical Fellowship Programme. They have all passed their IELTS (International English Language […]

Research – A humbling and fulfilling nursing role

“To be a part of something that could result in life-changing treatment for patients can’t be underestimated.” Emma Virgilio is a Senior Research Nurse with Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust and being in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic means that this important area of work is on people’s radar perhaps more now than ever. “With […]

Nurse Areema proves dreams do come true

“I cry every morning because I’m so happy that I’ve finally realised my dream of becoming a nurse.” Mother-of-three Areema Nasreen has wanted to be a nurse since she was a teenager, after caring for her nan who suffered a stroke. “I just wanted to be able to look after people, particularly those who are […]