Medical infusion team host Christmas pyjama day. Our medical infusion team hosted a Christmas pyjama day in the medical infusion suite on Friday 21 December. Jacqueline Slater, Senior Sister said: “Instead of Christmas Jumper Day we decided to go wit...

Heartbeat: Focus on the homeless has helped to rehouse more than 200 patients. Christmas is a joyous time of year for many, but for some it can be quite a lonely experience, especially for those who find themselves homeless and out in the cold. However, our homeless patient pathw...

Heartbeat: Patients hit the right note. Respiratory patients were full of Christmas joy when they took part in their first ‘singing for breathing’ session. The group went along to the meeting, which was organised by our community respiratory...

Heartbeat: Henderson Unit kick off their festive celebrations. Colleagues at Rowley Regis Hospital kicked off their Christmas celebrations with a celebration on Henderson Unit which was enjoyed by colleagues, patients and their families. There were a variety of tr...

Heartbeat: Nursery children delight patients on elderly care wards. Children from Sandwell Day Nursery brought smiles to the faces of patients on our older people’s assessment unit (OPAU) and Lyndon 5 earlier this month. The group, a mix of ages two, three and four, vi...

Heartbeat: Patient set for Christmas with family after support from our alcohol team. L-R Alcohol Lead Nurse Arlene Copland, Lynn Peniket (Rachel’s mother), and patient Rachel Bassett Depressed and jobless, Rachel Bassett reached for the phone to call her GP to beg for help with her add...

Unity – the pain and the gain. By Dr Roger Stedman, Consultant Anaesthetics and Critical Care Medicine In 2019 at Sandwell and West Birmingham we will be going live with our integrated electronic patient record ‘Unity’. For most of ...

Pharmacy opening hours during the festive period. Please order in advance or liaise with your pharmacy team any stocks, controlled drugs and IV drugs required for your wards, and where possible plan discharges in advance to avoid delays. Please see be...

Merry Christmas from Your Trust Charity. Your Trust Charity would like to thank all colleagues and volunteers who have supported the charity over the past 12 months. The charity would like to wish all Trust colleagues a Merry Christmas and a ...

Heartbeat: It certainly looks a lot like Christmas. There is always a fantastic buzz around our organisation during the festive period and this year has been no different. Organisations and people from the local community have visited our hospitals to b...