Support group marks 10 years of helping patients

A support group which provides advice, friendship and reassurance to people living with pulmonary fibrosis is celebrating its 10th anniversary. The Pulmonary Fibrosis Support Group was set up by Faye Turner from the Respiratory team at The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust in 2016. Pulmonary fibrosis is a chronic lung disease characterised by the thickening, stiffening, […]

New health text service launched for parents and carers

A text messaging service has been expanded, inviting Wolverhampton parents and carers direct access to expert health and wellbeing advice about their five to 19-year-olds, via their mobile phone.

HPV testing at home launch

Health leaders in the Black Country are encouraging women who have missed a cervical screening appointment to take advantage of new HPV self-testing kits being introduced in England. Figures show that around a third of eligible women have not taken up the offer of cervical screening in recent years. Over the next year, nearly four […]

Award success for RWT apprentice

A Clinical Technologist is celebrating after being named Apprentice of the Year at a national conference. Leo Turnbull, 22, won the Paul Austin Level 6 Apprentice of the Year Award at the EBME Conference 2026 in Coventry. Leo, who works within Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering (MPCE) at The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust (RWT), was […]