Health and Wellbeing News & Updates
- 21st November 2025
Walsall residents are encouraged to take simple, everyday steps to improve their physical and mental wellbeing as National Self Care Week takes place from 17 to 23 November 2025.
- 20th November 2025
Walsall residents are being asked to check their medicine cabinets and return any unused or expired antibiotics to their local pharmacy as part of an amnesty for safe disposal.
- 18th November 2025
As flu cases begin to rise across the region, Walsall Council Public Health is urging everyone who is eligible to come forward for their flu vaccination as soon as possible.
Tal Singh is delighted to announce his appointment as a Community Ambassador for Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, representing the Walsall community.
- 13th November 2025
Walsall residents are being invited to take a new, free health and wellbeing quiz and are encouraged to seek support from local services afterwards, if needed, to help improve their health and wellbeing.
- 13th November 2025
Health professionals across Walsall have joined forces to improve breast screening rates and promote early detection.
- 12th November 2025
Women from across Walsall got together recently, marking the third in a series of events as part of an ongoing programme of work focused on understanding what matters most to women in Walsall.
- 31st October 2025
A Walsall woman is urging others to regularly “touch, look and check” their breasts after her own diagnosis of cancer potentially saved her life.
- 31st October 2025
A portfolio briefing about adult social care and health will take place at a full council meeting in Walsall on Monday 3 November 2025.
- 27th October 2025
This half-term break, families in Walsall are being encouraged to check their children are up to date with their MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccinations, and to catch up on flu vaccinations if they have not already.