Using a simple urine test alongside routine imaging for patients with adrenal masses could speed up adrenal cancer diagnosis, improving patient’s prognosis and reducing the need for invasive diagnostic procedures, a new multi-centre study published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology has found. Imaging procedures, such as CT and MRI […]

Young patients turned Picasso in Walsall Manor Hospital’s Paediatric Department after being asked to design a logo. The department needed a logo to represent “harm free care” as part of the Care Excellence Programme work that is being done across Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust. Paediatric staff asked the children on […]

Maternity Services at Walsall Manor Hospital are embracing the opportunity to become involved in Covid-19 research to benefit mums-to-be and their babies in any future pandemic. Donna Perkins, Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust Antenatal Clinic Manager, has taken on the PanCOVID study this month and is the first midwife Principle Investigator […]

A former patient of two local, lifesaving organisations is undertaking an extreme fundraising challenge for the second time in a bid to raise more vital funds. In 2018, Natalie Queiroz teamed up with Midlands Air Ambulance Charity and the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham Charity for the Saving Lives Challenge. She raised […]

Bloo, the UK’s number one toilet hygiene brand¹, has launched Deluxe – a new range of premium rim-blocks that have been inspired by fine fragrances and created by Bloo’s in-house perfume studio.   The new Deluxe rim blocks come with a four function formula and patented technology which has been […]

This Sunday 5 July marks the 72nd birthday of the NHS and across the country there will be a huge round of applause at 5pm – with Walsall Healthcare staff showing their appreciation for the support shown to them during the Covid-19 pandemic. The nation will be coming together at […]

Sandwell Council’s COVID-19 Outbreak Plan has been highlighted as a model of best practice by Department of Health officials. The outbreak plan, created by the borough’s Public Health Team in response to a government instruction to all councils, is published today. And government is pointing other organisations to the Sandwell […]

Staff worked through the early hours today to clean up parts of Walsall Manor Hospital which were flooded during last night’s storms. The entrance to Ward 29 and a rear entrance near to the Intensive Care Unit were worst affected with West Midlands Fire Service called to pump out water […]

As part of Breastfeeding Celebration Week mums on Walsall Manor Hospital’s postnatal ward have been encouraged to enjoy skin to skin contact with their babies today – a skintoskinathon! Hazel Brookes, Infant Feeding Specialist Midwife, said: “Skin to skin provides the perfect environment for a baby to transition to the […]