A new survey of over 500 senior decision-makers within UK businesses has revealed the impact the coronavirus pandemic has had on business innovation: 45% said their business has undergone the most radical digital transformation in its history Half (50%) of businesses said the pandemic has provided the incentive needed to […]

An Aldridge family firm came up with a novel way to help families working from home and the NHS at the same time – raising £2,000 in the process. Allpack Packaging, which is celebrating 25 years in business, developed easy to assemble cardboard desks and chairs during lockdown which proved […]

Calderfields Golf and Country Club swung into action to raise an amazing amount of money towards Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust’s Covid-19 fund. When the lockdown officially began club President Tom Kennan ran competitions for club members as well as non-members. Everyone donated various amounts of money which, to his surprise, […]

Measures to tackle the Covid-19 outbreak have drastically altered people’s day to day lives. Many organisations have been preparing for a resulting increase in domestic abuse. Sandwell Council is encouraging employers to consider how they may be able to support staff who are victims of domestic abuse. Councillor Farut Shaeen, […]

People in Wolverhampton are being urged to kick start their health as part of a ‘national reset’ brought about by the coronavirus pandemic. Public Health England’s Better Health campaign encourages people to eat better and get active – and with more people conscious about their own physical health there has […]

Grateful critical care staff at Walsall Manor Hospital have served up their own thank you to local food banks. During the height of the Covid-19 pandemic staff in the hospital’s Intensive Care Unit (ICU) were overwhelmed at the kindness of local businesses, organisations and individuals who regularly donated food and […]

Walsall Infant feeding Service is proud to be celebrating World Breastfeeding Awareness Week. The theme for 2020 is: ‘Support breastfeeding for a healthier planet’ During this this celebratory week Walsall Healthcare will share information about the links between breastfeeding and the environment/climate change, with the aspiration to anchor breastfeeding as […]

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 […]