Our Communications team issues many press releases to the media to keep them informed about what is happening at the Trust. Our press releases and news items are listed below, click on the links for more details.
Angela honoured as a Fellow
20 December 2024
A leading Wolverhampton Pharmacist has been honoured with one of the highest national accolades in her field to recognise her distinguished career.
Happy retirement Mr Harris
20 December 2024
A golden servant of Wolverhampton healthcare with six decades of NHS service is retiring, insisting: “I’d do it all again”.
“Remarkable” NHS Futures Team highly commended
19 December 2024
A Wolverhampton team that helps unemployed people into healthcare careers has been highly commended and described as “remarkable” by national awards judges.
Praise for volunteers’ vital support to vulnerable
18 December 2024
Valued volunteers who are involved in a project to support vulnerable residents across Wolverhampton have been thanked for “the big difference” they have made to people’s lives.
RWT recruits UK’s first patient in new trial
17 December 2024
Wolverhampton has recruited the first patient in the UK to a new trial investigating the prevention of anaemia in pregnancy.
Top “quality” nursing lead retires after 34 years
16 December 2024
A much-loved senior nurse has retired from the NHS after 34 years serving the people of the Black Country and Birmingham.
Improvements for heart failure patients
11 December 2024
A Wolverhampton cardiology team has brought its improvements to national attention, highlighting how it has managed to improve waiting times for suspected heart failure patients.
Kelly joins celebs in calls for prostate screening
10 December 2024
An award-winning Black Country Urology Nurse has addressed a host of celebrities and MPs at Parliament in calling for the NHS to make prostate cancer screening available for all at-risk men.
Virtual Ward wins national award
9 December 2024
Wolverhampton’s “standout” Virtual Ward is celebrating after winning a national award for digital technology in healthcare.
Shining a light on National Grief Awareness Week
6 December 2024
Specialist Bereavement Nurses in Wolverhampton have come together to raise awareness and offer support for those experiencing grief, as part of a national campaign.
“Rich and rewarding” workshops bring many benefits
4 December 2024
“By looking back at the past we learn how to do things better in the future.” A trio of Wolverhampton arts projects considering issues of identity, disability and language within a healthcare context has come to a successful close.
Three cheers for our Black Country AHP Award winners!
4 December 2024
Three “inspirational” Wolverhampton healthcare heroes have been crowned Black Country award winners at a regional ceremony.
Sir David to continue as Trusts’ Chair
3 December 2024
Sir David Nicholson KCB CBE will be continuing in his role as Chair of four Black Country NHS Trusts until 2027. The health chief, who has more than 40 years’ NHS leadership experience, will serve a further term.
People flock to Care, Create, Conserve display
2 December 2024
More than 200 people flocked to a history fair in Wolverhampton, with many signing up to an oral history project on healthcare.
Sharing story after vital support
2 December 2024
A woman who was born with HIV is sharing her story this World Aids Day after vital support helped her to be “in a much better place now.”
