Drug safety notice - Paracetamol 1g in 100ml solution for infusion. We have received an anecdotal report that a bottle of paracetamol 1g in 100ml solution for infusion contained a floating contaminant and appeared brown in colour. The affected product is a DEMO S.A. Br...

Heartbeat: New course for critical care colleagues helps to improve patient care. Our critical care service has developed a new leadership programme whereby those aspiring to grow within our organisation can enhance their skills to improve patient care. A cohort of 12 band 6 nurses ...

Your Trust Charity single - still time to get you copy. As you may be aware, Your Trust Charity recently teamed up with Bristnall Hall Academy in Oldbury to launch their debut Christmas single, ‘O Holy Night.’ We still have a limited amount of physical CDs ...

Choose your own e-books. SWBH Library and Knowledge Services are launching an online portal that has a wide selection of eBook content with flexibility to read by chapter or the whole book. You can also download eBooks for off...

New audio feature on connect – have a listen! If you haven’t noticed already, all our connect news articles are now available format! This means you are now able to listen to all the latest news and information from across the organisation. Should...

Think Pink! - Time to review IV antibiotics. In September, data from a pharmacy snapshot survey showed that 21% of our inpatient population was on an IV antibiotic, and over half of the patients on antibiotics were on an IV antibiotic for more th...

Workplace stress management courses available. Workplace stress management is a three hour session which will give people a self-management toolbox of skills to enable individuals to reduce their stress levels in the work place, and building resili...

Benefits of going smokefree. Be sure to check out this video featuring Consultant Respiratory Physician, Arvind Rajasekaran explaining the benefits of going smoke free. Our Trust will mark our 71st birthday next year (in 200 days)...

TeamTalk - 19 December. TeamTalk is our monthly Trust-wide team briefing system led by the Chief Executive with sessions taking place at Rowley Regis Hospital, Sandwell General Hospital and City Hospital. TeamTalk takes place...

200 days until we go smokefree. There’s just 200 days to go before we go smokefree across site. The new policy will come into place on 5 July, 2019 and our organisation is preparing for the change by urging colleagues, patients and v...