Partnership work helps patients

A Well Wishers charity partnership with Enoch Evans LLP Solicitors for Make Your Will Fortnight has netted more than £1200. The cash generated through last November’s fundraiser will be used to transform a room on Ward 1 into a more homely environment, with a bed settee, tub chairs, coffee table and pictures. This is so […]

A charity makeover for the Discharge Lounge

Patients who are well enough to leave Walsall Manor Hospital and go home are able to make themselves much more comfortable while they wait for medication and transport – thanks to a makeover in its Discharge Lounge. Donations made through Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust’s Well Wishers charity have seen a new settee, tablecloths and  tea […]

Sweet dreams for young patients

Young patients at Walsall Manor Hospital should be able to drift off to the land of nod much easier thanks to a Quiet Protocol that was introduced this week. Patient Experience Surveys have shown that patients often have trouble falling and staying asleep due to noisy and often too bright environments and this impacts on […]

Images speak a thousand words to patients

Butterflies and cars are just some of the images being used on Ward 3 of Walsall Manor Hospital to help patients feel at home and less anxious about their stay. Students from Whitecrest Primary School in Great Barr, worked with Walsall Healthcare’s Patient Experience team to help create this artwork which is used in the […]

Happy Birthday ICU as first year flies by

Walsall Manor Hospital’s state-of-the-art Intensive Care Unit (ICU) has celebrated its first anniversary today (Sunday 1 December 2019). The ICU, constructed by Skanska, brought together Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust’s Intensive Therapy Unit (ITU) and the High Dependency Unit (HDU) creating an 18-bedded unit. This major development has allowed critical care teams to treat patients in […]

Baby Friendly is best for Walsall Healthcare

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust has been awarded a Certificate of Commitment in its first step towards gaining international recognition from the Unicef UK (United Nation’s Children’s Fund) Baby Friendly Initiative (BFI).  The trust’s Health Visiting service was proud to achieve full Baby Friendly accreditation in 2017 and the organisation is working hard to maintain this […]

Sensory boxes create a lovely Livvy legacy

Walsall mum Sara Meredith is keeping her daughter’s memory alive as well as helping other parents whose children are being treated on the Children’s Ward at Walsall Manor Hospital. Sara’s daughter Olivia, known as Livvy, had the neurological condition Rett Syndrome and died at the age of nine in 2008. She suffered many seizures as […]

Emergency Department redevelopment on track

Five firms have expressed a keen interest in being awarded the construction contract for Walsall Manor Hospital’s new £36m Emergency Department. The investment is part of a £963 million package of improvements revealed by Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock last December. It will see specialist areas created for resus, paediatrics and mental health […]

ICU celebrates its first six months

“It totally feels like home.” For staff working on Walsall Manor Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit it’s hard to believe that it was just six months ago that its first patients moved into the new, state-of-the-art environment. The multi-million pound unit, constructed by Skanska, has brought together Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust’s Intensive Therapy Unit (ITU) and […]

MDT room given its own treatment

A state-of-the-art room where a range of clinicians gather to discuss cases, examine test results and X ray images before deciding the best course of treatment for cancer patients has just been completed at Walsall Manor Hospital. The MDT (Multi-Disciplinary Team) room has had a much-needed £45,000 makeover which has been carried out following full […]

Celebrating Walsall’s qualified Nursing Associates

Nursing Associates who joined a national pilot programme pioneered through Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust will graduate this week after two years of training. Sixteen trainees have come through the Trainee Nursing Associates (TNA) programme to take on the support role that bridges the gap between care assistants and registered nurses. They range in age from […]

A real comfort for Walsall outpatients

Patients living with dementia and elderly people who are anxious or agitated can now make use of a “Comfort Box” that staff in Walsall Manor Hospital’s Outpatients Department have created with colleagues. Working with Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust’s Older People’s Mental Health Liaison Team, staff have ensured that they are even more mindful towards the […]