Pressure Ulcer Reporting. There is no longer a requirement to report a grade (category) 1 pressure ulcer via the incident reporting process, however please ensure this is recorded in patient’s records and supported in persona...

Met Office: Cold weather alert planning advice. Though we’re not expecting any serve weather during the next few days, we’re expecting cold temperatures across the West Midlands later this week with widespread overnight frosts and freezing fog patch...

Heartbeat: NHS Hero Sarah Ludlow – Specialist Fire Training Officer. Our organisation is full of remarkable, motivated people, who give a lot to the communities we serve. Since 2014, we have been recognising our quiet heroes who come from a wide variety of backgrounds, ...

Heartbeat: Volunteers thanked at annual celebration. Our volunteer service hosted their annual celebration event at the postgraduate centre at City Hospital to thank all the volunteers for their dedication and hard work over the last year. Over 30 volunt...

Heartbeat: Black Country Alliance procurement partnership delivering on savings. Procurement and supplies is often an overlooked subject in many organisations but a regional alliance is changing the way procurement is managed here at SWBH, alongside Dudley Group Foundation Trust an...

Unity – A prescription for safer care. By Dr Roger Stedman, Consultant Anaesthetics and Critical Care Medicine The chain of events that starts with a decision to treat, through the writing of a prescription, dispensing of medication and adm...

10 percent off at Halfords for Trust employees. Halfords are offering a 10 percent discount in store to all Trust employees. In order to be eligible for this discount, please ensure you present the Halfords 10 percent off voucher in store. For furth...

British Sign Language Level 1 Training. As an organisation we are committed to both staff training and improving our patient experience, as such we are commissioning a Signature Level 1 Award in British Sign Language. This is a fully accredi...

Chief Executive’s Message – Friday 28 December. It is my last message of the year, and there is much to look forward to, and some things to celebrate. Last week I hoped to announce today that we won some GP contracts, and to name the medical leader...

Abena home delivery product awareness roadshow in January. We will be hosting the mandatory drop in session for all community colleagues to have a refresher on Abena products used in the community. The roadshow will visit the Lyng and Rowley Regis Hospital on ...