Farewell to Deborah

After 37 years’ service Paediatric Assessment Unit (PAU) Sister Deborah Ashley is retiring today and looking forward to a well-deserved rest. Deb has worked for the trust since 1985 where she started as a pupil nurse undertaking the training for a state enrolled nurse. After being an adult nurse she then moved to Paediatrics where […]

Farewell to Joan

After 30 years’ service Newborn Hearing Screener Joan Ball is retiring today and looking forward to a well-deserved rest. Joan started at Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust in 1991, primarily as a Health Care Assistant on the Postnatal Ward Primrose. Then, in 2004 she joined the Newborn Hearing Screening where she has worked ever since. The […]

Farewell to Karen

After 37 and a half years’ service Paediatric Assessment Unit (PAU) Sister Karen Matthews is retiring today and looking forward to a well-deserved rest. Karen’s first Staff Nurse post was on Chester Ward which was the Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) ward. Then, in 1995, when the first PAU opened in Walsall she was placed […]