EDI begins at home in Black Country

Specialist Midwives across the Black Country have been working on a host of initiatives to make Maternity Services more equitable and inclusive – including staff sessions to highlight and support communities’ cultural needs. Four Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Midwives work across the Black Country Local Maternity and Neonatal System (BCLMNS) covering the four places […]

Little Voices will make a big difference to Walsall’s young patients

An innovative engagement and involvement project will see a group of schoolchildren carry out a review of paediatric services at Walsall Manor Hospital next week before giving their feedback to senior healthcare leaders. The Little Voices initiative has been developed by the Patient Relations & Experience Team at Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust which has partnered […]

Fundraisers hoping for peak perfection

A fundraising foursome is preparing to climb Ben Nevis later this month to help generate cash to bring some life to a paediatric area in Walsall’s new Urgent and Emergency Care Centre (UECC). NHS colleagues Liz Slevin, Corrine O’Callaghan and Sarah Clarke will take on the highest mountain in the British Isles with friend Darren […]

Smooth move for AMU teams

Proud teams are now settling into Walsall’s Acute Medical Unit, housed in a c£40m new Urgent and Emergency Care Centre, after a smooth move today. Staff transferred the first few patients just before 8am and by lunchtime everyone was safely settled – a few hours ahead of the planned schedule. Matron Julie Corns said: “It […]

Patient Charter pioneered by Walsall’s AMU

A pledge has been made to patients using the Acute Medical Unit (AMU) at Walsall Manor Hospital by its team of staff who are working hard to make improvements. They have developed a Patient Charter based on feedback, incidents and complaints to pick up the common topics that people ask for reassurance on or ask […]

Testing our response

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. […]

Walsall Healthcare support on Carers’ Rights Day

Support for carers using hospital and community services is being highlighted today by members of Walsall Healthcare’s Patient Experience Team who are taking part in a town centre event Today is Carers’ Rights Day and Forward Carers, in partnership with Walsall Council, is holding a drop-in session until 3pm today at Walsall Town Hall . […]

New build tour for staff

Acute Medical Unit staff were able to go on a tour of Walsall’s new Urgent and Emergency Care Centre as this exciting project continues to take shape at the Manor Hospital. The new build is set to be fully functional early in the New Year. There will be a “commissioning” period when every single member […]

Award-winning Steve sees double

“Proactive, productive and a true asset” – that’s how a Walsall Healthcare worker has been described after he was honoured with two awards, including one at regional level. Steve Worrallo, a Clinical Support Worker (CSW) in Imaging at Walsall Manor Hospital, has been named Black Country Facility System Allied Health Professional (AHP) Support Worker of […]

Consultant boost for Walsall ED

Five new Consultants who all completed their training at Walsall Healthcare are coming back to work for the Trust – eager to start in its new Urgent and Emergency Care Centre. Miss Ruchi Joshi, Clinical Director – Acute and Emergency Services for Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust said the specialty was “very difficult” to recruit into […]

Chief Nurse’s blog

For my latest blog I’d like to focus on success with an extension to funding which will have a positive affect at both The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust (RWT) and Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust. Back in September 2021, the Trusts submitted collaborative Clinical Placement Expansion Programme (CPEP) bids for Health Education England funding to support […]

Key role for Walsall Healthcare development

A key role to support staff who are moving into Walsall’s Urgent and Emergency Care Centre, as well as work with patients who will be using services in the new multi-million-pound facility, is now being advertised. This exciting new post is for a Clinical Project Support Manager with Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust for a six-month […]