Talented young patients at Walsall Manor Hospital are doing their bit to celebrate International Year of the Nurse and Midwife. The Children’s Ward at Walsall Manor Hospital is a sea of colour with lots of pieces of art on display. Many young patients have been creating pictures to decorate the […]

“It was great to work alongside educational psychologists, psychiatrists, teachers and Public Health consultants who all shared a passion for improving services for children and young people’s mental health.” Walsall Healthcare’s professional lead for School Nursing Sallyann Sutton has been playing a key role in shaping mental health support for […]

The NHS and Public Health England (PHE) are extremely well prepared for outbreaks of new infectious diseases. The NHS has put in place measures to ensure the safety of all patients and NHS staff while also ensuring services are available to the public as normal. The risk to the general […]

A Sandwell mental health champion has picked up a regional award. Samantha Chatwin, aged 31 and from Cradley Heath, has been awarded the West Midlands Thrive Black Country Individual Mental Health Star award. The Thrive Awards celebrate unsung heroes in mental health who make a difference to the lives of […]

A frequent supporter of The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust Charity has raised almost £2,000 for the Trust’s specialist cancer centre. Cheryl Finch, from Willenhall, decided to create calendars in memory of her friends who worked at the Trust; Michelle Matthews and Julie McCarron. The calendars feature some of her female […]

Dudley Council has launched a range of wellbeing services and therapies to help support people caring for a family member or friend. The team behind Dudley Carers Hub, which launched in June 2018, will now also be working in partnership with Crossroads Caring for Carers (Sandwell) to provide even more […]

Patients across the West Midlands with asbestos-related cancer will benefit from a new role which has been created at the Trust. The region’s first dedicated Mesothelioma Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) has been appointed at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham. Sophie Phillips will join Mesothelioma UK’s network of 26 dedicated Clinical Nurse […]

Walsall mums are being invited to share their experiences of maternity care and help shape services for expectant women, new parents and families by joining a local group. Walsall’s Maternity Voices Partnership (MVP) meets every two months at the Midwifery-Led Unit in Charles Street and its current Chair is mum-of-one […]

Community organisations from around the city came together on Friday 17 January to showcase the work they do for the city’s youngsters and their families as part of the HeadStart Wolverhampton programme. The showcase, named ‘Reclaiming Our Community’ saw representatives from HeadStart’s providers in its 4 city areas tell stakeholders, […]