As a new decade begins, charity The Sick Children’s Trust is committing to ensure families with a seriously ill child in hospital have a warm and comfortable place to stay when they need it most. Around 2.1 million children are admitted to hospital every year. Often they find themselves in […]

Colgate today introduces a first-of-its-kind smart toothbrush with new optic sensor technology that detects biofilm buildup in the mouth so that it can be removed while brushing. The Colgate® Plaqless Pro smart electric toothbrush aims to revolutionize oral care by providing precise information in real time that is specific to […]

Maintaining good posture is a daily struggle for many of us. Whether you’re working on your feet or at a desk, it’s all too easy to slump into bad habits. You probably know that sitting and standing poorly is bad for your back, but do you know about the trouble […]

People who want to get the new decade off to a healthy start can still take advantage of a special membership offer at Dudley borough leisure centres. The winter warm up offer, which started before Christmas, runs until January 31 and enables people aged 16 and over to take out […]

We are delighted to announce The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust (RWT) is now smoke free for staff, as of today! Support for patients and visitors is in development ahead of a totally smoke free Trust in October 2020. David Loughton CBE, Chief Executive for the Trust, said: “As a healthcare organisation […]

Congratulations  to Joanna Sucha and Miloslav Suchy whose daughter Amelia was the first baby to be born at Walsall Healthcare’s Midwifery-Led Unit this morning – the first day it re-opened for births! Little Amelia arrived at 10am weighing 7 pounds and 12 ounces and is the couple’s third child. Proud […]

The Midwifery-Led Unit (MLU) is a short-stay birthing centre which is a relaxed environment close to the hospital with midwives and clinical support workers always on shift. The MLU offers a variety of facilities in a modern and comfortable setting including: Three birth rooms – each with a birthing pool […]

Walsall’s Midwifery-Led Unit (MLU) is set to re-open for births in a week’s time – with tours taking place for mums-to-be and their partners to have a look around and talk to staff. The unit, which is the Black Country’s only freestanding MLU, will continue to offer supportive antenatal, postnatal and […]

Baby Joseph Price, who was born almost two months’ prematurely, is one of the first young patients to use Walsall Manor Hospital’s new Neonatal Unit. The tot, who came into the world on Thursday 12 December weighing just two pounds and 11 ounces,  has an infection in his lungs and […]

Congratulations to Zaneta Kovacova and Jaroslav Cina who are the proud parents of Walsall Manor Hospital’s first Christmas Day 2019 baby. Little Santiago came into the world at 8.09am this morning weighing 5 pounds and 14 ounces. “He wasn’t due until 14 January but I had a feeling he’d come […]