Never give up, says Michael

The nights he spent studying in the skills lab while housekeeping staff worked around him may have come to a close now but Walsall Manor Hospital Ward 29 colleague Michael Cope will never forget the blood, sweat and tears that helped him achieve his nursing dream! Michael came to Walsall from the Philippines in 2011 […]

A worthwhile programme according to Becky

“Walsall Healthcare has invested in me and that means a lot.”   After 18 years of working for Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust Becky Rodda was ready for a challenge and when one of her colleagues suggested the Trainee Nursing Associate programme would give her that challenge the idea appealed to her. “I was happy in […]

“We’ve been able to influence change,” says Michael

“It’s an achievement in itself that we’ve been part of such an important pilot”   Back home in the Philippines Michael Cope worked in Paediatrics and Intensive Care but he found coming to work in the UK a very different experience when he made the move 11 years ago. “Hospitals are very basic in my […]

Danielle’s so proud of her achievements

“You don’t know what you’re capable of until you try.” Mother-of-one Danielle Pyatt had been a Clinical Support Worker with Walsall Healthcare for 18 months when the opportunity to apply to become a Trainee Nursing Associate came up. Prior to that she’d worked in a nursing home. “I knew that I wanted to work in […]

Emma’s praise for supportive colleagues

We’re sharing stories from some of our successful Trainee Nursing Associates who have now graduated.   “My colleagues have been really supportive and that means a lot.” When she heard about the Trainee Nursing Associate (TNA) pilot Healthcare Assistant Emma Whitehouse did wonder if she could “get my head round all the academic stuff.” “It […]