Recruitment event kicks off in May

A host of midwifery and nursing opportunities across the Black Country will be showcased at a recruitment event this spring. The Black Country Local Maternity and Neonatal System (LMNS) has organised the session at West Bromwich Albion’s ground at The Hawthorns, to run between 9am and 2pm on Wednesday 3 May. It is open to: […]

Study aimed at pregnant smokers

Smoking mums-to-be in Walsall are being offered the chance to take part in a research study that looks at using Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) to help them quit. SNAP-3 is a smoking cessation study being conducted by the University of Nottingham, with Professor Tim Coleman as Lead Investigator. Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust’s FORCE (Faculty of […]

Cora arrives right on time

Little Cora Mae Beale joined an elite group (approximately four per cent) of babies who arrive on their exact due date when she was born at 8.25am on Sunday 1 January at Walsall Manor Hospital. For mum, Shannon Neville, 19, it was a New Year’s Day to remember as Cora made a rather quick entrance. […]

Happy retirement Breda!

She’s been described as an “absolute legend” but all good things come to an end and Breda Winders is calling time after 41 years with the NHS. Breda, 59, a Community Midwife, is retiring, more than four decades since she started at Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust in July 1981. At the time the country was […]

Recognition for Walsall’s Maternity Support Workers

“It’s lovely to feel appreciated and to see respect for our role.” Walsall’s Maternity Support Workers (MSWs) were given the chance to relax, enjoy some reflexology and eat tasty treats today as their invaluable support was celebrated. National Maternity Support Workers’ Day is promoted by the Royal College of Midwives every year as an opportunity […]

New arrivals across the LMNS

Fifteen Midwives have been recruited to work across Dudley, Sandwell and West Birmingham, Walsall and Wolverhampton NHS Trusts following a successful event held to promote the opportunities available in hospitals and community services across the area. The Local Maternity and Neonatal System (LMNS) organised yesterday’s session at the Copthorne Hotel in Brierley Hill, to showcase […]

Meet our #RealMidwivesofWalsall  

Midwives and specialists who work at Walsall Healthcare are giving potential new staff the chance to find out more about the opportunities on offer with an open day this weekend. Saturday’s event, which runs from 9am to 2pm, will feature tours around Maternity Services at Walsall Manor Hospital. Attendees will be able to speak to […]

Mum urges vaccination after baby contracts COVID-19

A concerned Walsall mum has urged people to continue to take up the COVID-19 vaccine after one of her baby twins caught the virus. Sophie Keen, 19, says son Ronnie, who was born premature at Walsall Manor Hospital on 20 December at 28 weeks, is currently on the Neonatal Unit (NNU). Ronnie was admitted to […]

Mum’s thanks for “fabulous” midwife support

A mum-of-five who went through a traumatic birth with her youngest child has praised the “amazing care” that she received at Walsall Manor Hospital. Shauni Sibley, aged 28, singled out “fabulous” midwife Stephanie Burton in particular for being so thorough and attentive when things took a worrying turn earlier this month. Throughout her pregnancy she […]

Praise for care shown to baby Jax

New mum Sophie Asbury has praised maternity and neonatal services at Walsall Manor Hospital for the support given to her after she went into labour prematurely and the care shown to her baby son – born nearly eight weeks early. The 21-year-old went into spontaneous labour on 7 December last year after having back pain […]

New Year, new job? Why not join the #RealMidwivesofWalsall

Two more midwifery recruitment events are being held by Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust this month for Band 5 and Band 6 roles across both its hospital and community teams. The events, on Wednesday 12 and Saturday 15 January, come hot on the heels of successful sessions last November, and potential colleagues will be interviewed on […]

Tulip Clinic to help Afghan mums-to-be bloom

A clinic has been set up at Walsall Manor Hospital to offer pregnant Afghan women a ‘one stop shop’ for their maternity care. The Tulip Clinic, named after the national flower in Afghanistan which is associated with birth and the love between a sibling and its parent, was the first to open in the area. […]