City's thank you to health and social care workers

A special celebration is to be held in Wolverhampton later this month to acknowledge the tireless efforts of staff from health and social care services in the city.

Dozens of staff from Wolverhampton City Council, Wolverhampton City Primary Care Trust and the Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust will be attending the annual St Luke’s Tide service at St Peter’s Collegiate Church in Wolverhampton on Monday, October 18.

St Luke is the patron saint of healthcare workers. He was a Greek physician and a disciple of St Paul, with whom he travelled on some of his missionary journeys. He wrote two books in the Bible – the 3rd Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles.

The multi-faith service on the theme of health and wellbeing will be attended by the Mayor of Wolverhampton, Councillor Malcolm Gwinnett, and led by the Reverend David Wright, Jim Oatridge, chairman of Wolverhampton City Primary Care Trust, and Barry Picken, chairman of the Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust.

Barry said: “The provision of high quality health and social care services to the people of Wolverhampton is dependent on the skills, care and hard work of our staff.

“The service is an opportunity for us to publicly thank them for their dedication and commitment and to celebrate the life of St Luke.”

Councillor Les Pugh, Wolverhampton City Council’s Cabinet Member for Adults, added: “The St Luke’s celebration is one way of saying thank you to staff in both health and social care whose skills, care and dedication often go unrecognised in the wider community.”

During the service, which runs from 2-3.30pm, there will be talks by service users and performances by pupils from St Luke’s and St Paul’s primary schools.