Community Nursing
The Community Nursing Service covers all residents in Walsall who are registered with a Walsall GP.
The following services are provided:
Co-ordinated care provision and case management for patients with long-term conditions
Planned programmes of nursing intervention and supportive care
Referral and liaison with other agencies to promote maximum independence
Advice and information on a range of health issues.
The service provides nursing care predominantly in patients own homes. Nurses will visit non-housebound patients whose nursing needs indicate it is more appropriate for them to be seen in their own homes.
Some care considered to require the specialist skills of the District Nursing Service such as wound care, are delivered in clinic settings as close to the patients home as possible.
The service operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Clinics are based across Walsall.
North locality team based at Pinfold Health Centre: 01922 605750
East Locality Team based at Blakenall Village Centre: 01922 605751
South Locality team based at Eldon Court: 01922 605441/01922 605752
West Locality Team based at Darlaston Health Centre: 01922 605764
These teams are available Monday to Friday 8am to 6pm. A patient’s first point of call between 8am and 6pm should be their relevant hub number. Urgent calls between the hours of 6pm and 10pm Monday to Friday are covered by 01922 604920. Between 10pm and 8am and weekends please contact the Manor Hospital Switchboard on 01922 721172.
Clinical leads
Elaine Westwood-South Clinical Lead (Elaine.Westwood@walsallhealthcare.nhs.uk)
Janette Healy- South Clinical Lead (Janette.Healy@walsallhealthcare.nhs.uk)
Kay Crowther- East Clinical Lead (Kay.Crowther@walsallhealthcare.nhs.uk)
Deb Watson- North Clinical Lead (Debbie.Watson@walsallhealthcare.nhs.uk)
Kathryn Bevan- West Clinical Lead (kathryn.bevan@walsallhealthcare.nhs.uk)
Please note: During weekends and bank holidays the above telephone numbers are not in use and messages will not be received by the team. Please instead contact the Manor Hospital Switchboard on 01922 721172.
Self-referrals are accepted. Also, referrals from GPs and other health professionals, email and via telephone to the relevant team.