One death was announced at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, where 2,610 people have died
No deaths were reported at the Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Russells Hall Hospital, or the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, which runs New Cross Hospital, where the total remains at 740 and 801 respectively.
No new deaths were confirmed at Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust, which runs Walsall Manor Hospital, where a total of 721 people have now died from coronavirus.
And no deaths were announced at University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, where the totals remain at 1,376.
The total number of Covid deaths at Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust remains at 1,714.
Bev Thomas (centre) with husband Mark and rheumatology clinical nurse specialist Sarah Scriven, and some of her paintings. Pic - Dudley Group A DUDLEY woman who was diagnosed with debilitating arthritis at the age of just 37 has turned to art to help manage her condition and give her a focus. Bev Thomas paints for at least an hour most days and says it helps with her symptoms while also allowing her to forget about her condition for a while. Determined not to let arthritis take over her life, Bev, aged 58, said: You can either sink or swim in life and I choose to swim.
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A KINGSWINFORD supermarket is helping children to sow seeds of hope to signify new beginnings when going home from hospital. Morrison’s, Kingswinford, has teamed up with The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust to start the Seeds of Hope initiative. The supermarket has generously donated packets of sunflower seeds to the children’s ward at Russells Hall Hospital, Dudley, so young patients can grow their own sunflowers once back at home. Julie Dale, play specialist for the children’s ward at the Dudley Group, thanked Morrisons for the donation and said: “This is a fantastic way to bring the community together after what has been a difficult year for us all.
Veronica Kumeta with dentists who dontated to LFBC. Pic taken before Covid pandemic. A BREAST cancer charity, operating in Bromsgrove, is donating bags full of essential items to breast cancer patients who are going through chemotherapy. Veronica Kumeta from Stoke Heath set up Ladies Fighting breast Cancer (LFBC) when her friend was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2000. Veronica, cofounder of LFBC said: “I started raising money for equipment for the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, equipment that the NHS were unable to purchase.. The charity then wanted to look after patients in a non-medical way as I like to say to the girls we support; we are not medical, we are here to hold your hand.