A team of midwives will be supporting low risk Walsall women and ensuring they see the same midwives throughout their pregnancy and birth. The Wyndlow team – named in honour of local nursing heroine Sister Dora Wyndlow Pattison – implements “continuity of carer” which was rolled out across the country […]

A very special visitor came to see patient Geoff Turner in the Intensive Care Unit at Walsall Manor Hospital – his beloved pet dog Karli. Geoff, aged 82, has suffered heart failure and is receiving palliative care.  His family mentioned to nursing staff just how much he loved his four […]

Continuing improvement, a positive culture and innovative ideas have led to Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust coming out of special measures following its latest inspection by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). It has rated care as “Outstanding” across the trust and has highlighted a number of areas of outstanding practice in […]

Young patients are finding music, dance and games are the best medicine thanks to fundraisers who have helped buy a new system to brighten up the waiting room on the Paediatric Assessment Unit at Walsall Manor Hospital. While they’re waiting young patients are having their minds taken off their illnesses […]

Following highly effective work to reduce falls in inpatient areas, the adults and specialist rehabilitation division aims to improve patient safety even further with the implementation of the new national falls prevention CQUIN standards. From July, all of our inpatients will have assessment: for a lying and standing blood pressure […]

Midwives, antenatal staff and consultants at Walsall Healthcare have achieved third best in the UK for their efforts at detecting babies with restricted growth to help reduce stillbirths. The teams have been using the GAP (Growth Assessment Protocol) programme developed by the Perinatal Institute which uses personalised growth charts to […]

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 […]

Image Caption: The yellow cells, indicated by arrows, are the first evidence of increased ribosome biogenesis in cells during epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT). Nearly ninety per cent of all cancer patient deaths are due to metastasis. A study from Uppsala University shows that a process that allows the cells to metastasise […]

Loneliness is a reality for many of the UK’s elderly. Research from Contact the Elderly and Cera Care shows the extent of this issue. 35% of the UK elderly population see a friend or relative once a week. This and more is included in the story.  The survey asked about […]