COVID-19 has created concerns about wellbeing and mental health leading to a growth in research assessing the consequences of the coronavirus on psychological well-being. This generally suggests that symptoms of anxiety and depression and self-reported stress were common psychological responses to the pandemic. However, it is also the case that […]

Pregnant women who have any concerns about their baby – or their own health and welfare – are being reminded that a special Maternity Advice Line has been set up within Walsall Manor Hospital’s maternity services to support them. “We have made things as safe as we can for women […]

Patients at Walsall Manor Hospital were today able to receive their Covid-19 vaccinations as part of the national immunisation drive to protect the most vulnerable. Among them were Ron Edis aged 75 who has been in hospital since Christmas Day following an accident. The retired Managing Director of Brownhills has […]

Two Walsall Healthcare senior nurses have been recognised for their contributions in a region-wide commemorative e-book that marks the Year of the Nurse and the Midwife. The e-book has been produced by the NHS England and NHS Improvement Midlands’ regional nursing team as a virtual celebration of 2020 as the […]

Walsall couple Katie Lymn and Daniel Paddock welcomed a very special delivery on Christmas Day – their beautiful baby son Freddie Jay Luke Paddock. Freddie is their first baby and was due on 19 January but clearly wanted to give them a Christmas to remember, arriving at 12.16am today, weighing […]

The start of the roll out of the Covid-19 vaccine has been warmly welcomed by health chiefs in Wolverhampton – but they say that, while the beginning of the end of the coronavirus pandemic is now in sight, people must continue to do everything they can to stop the spread […]

ICU Senior Sister Ly Fletcher was accompanied by a round of applause, smiles and the odd tear today when she became the first member of staff to have her Covid-19 vaccination at Walsall Manor Hospital. Covid-19 vaccines arrived at Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust yesterday morning as it geared up to […]

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust has today been announced as the first site in the Black Country and West Birmingham to start administering the COVID-19 vaccination. The Trust expects to begin vaccine administration within the next week. The order in which people will receive the vaccine is decided by the Joint […]

Smethwick’s St Paul’s ward today reported Sandwell’s highest number of new cases in the seven-day period from 18-24 November with 102. This is the equivalent of 648.2 cases per 100,000 of population. Council leaders today once again pleaded for safe behaviour from the public as 170 new cases of COVID-19 […]

Roast Vegetable Tart, Chicken Tikka Masala and Lamb Pie are just some of the options being added to Walsall Healthcare’s menus from this week to tickle patients’ taste buds and help them on the road to recovery. Eight new meals have been added following feedback via a Food Faves survey […]