Walsall Healthcare’s Safeguarding colleagues will join its School Nursing Team and borough partners to stage an information and support event as part of National Safeguarding Adults Week. National Safeguarding Adults Week runs from 18-22 November and will focus on: Self-neglect Modern slavery Online bullying and cyber security Disability hate crime […]

Sandwell Council environmental health staff have welcomed a £5,000-plus court bill for a local confectionery company and its owner after inspectors found poor standards of cleanliness. Officers visited the premises of Beacon West Bromwich Ltd in June 2018 and found filthy hand washing facilities, and the area around the sweet-packing […]

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust will be hosting its first winter fairs this December with crafters and fundraisers being sought to boost the festive spirit in aid of RWT charity. The charity is looking for people to hold a stall at the Winter Wonderland events at New Cross, Cannock Chase […]

This year’s Orange Wolverhampton campaign is once again going global! Last year, supporters took the safeguarding campaign’s messages to the Caribbean, and this time Orange Wolverhampton headed for South Africa. Steve Dodd, from Wolverhampton Safeguarding Together, visited Cape Town last month for an international learning event organised by Comic Relief […]

A Sandwell foundation group has been given a special grant to help them in their work with African Caribbean people suffering with mental health problems. The Sandwell African Caribbean Mental Health Foundation is an organisation based at the Kuumba Centre in Boulton Road, West Bromwich which works to help people […]

Mums-to-be, new mums, women considering becoming mums and their families are being invited to come along to a Maternity Showcase event in Walsall later this month. Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust’s Maternity Services have been rated “Good” by the Care Quality Commission and the event, on Tuesday 19 November between 1.30pm […]

“It’s a place where no two days are the same, the hours fly by and people never cease to amaze you – and we love it!” Matron Lesley Smith is talking about Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust’s Emergency Department which is currently recruiting Band 5 Registered Nurses, a Band 5 Paediatric […]

Young patients at Walsall Manor Hospital will be dreaming of …a Crafty Christmas as an annual charity appeal enters its third year. Well Wishers, the Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust charity, makes a seasonal plea for donations of craft materials such as colouring books, glitter, ribbons, paper, card and pens to help […]

Dozens of people joined a Hopewalk around Wolverhampton yesterday (Tuesday 24 October) to raise awareness of suicide prevention and the help and support available to individuals in the city. The walk was organised by Wolverhampton Suicide Prevention Stakeholder Forum as part of Papyrus’ national Hopewalk campaign to lift the lid […]

Stroke patients at Walsall Manor Hospital have been given a rehabilitation boost thanks to former workers from the Goodyear tyre plant and a persistent Clinical Support Worker! Two specialist chairs have been donated to the hospital’s Stroke Rehabilitation Unit – funded by donations from the factory’s 5/344 Transport and General […]