diff --git a/packages/esm-ward-app/src/config-schema.ts b/packages/esm-ward-app/src/config-schema.ts
index 6d9a959ff..f9504bab0 100644
--- a/packages/esm-ward-app/src/config-schema.ts
+++ b/packages/esm-ward-app/src/config-schema.ts
@@ -74,30 +74,45 @@ export const configSchema: ConfigSchema = {
       },
     },
     pendingItems: {
-      orders: {
-        orderTypes: {
-          _type: Type.Array,
-          _description: 'Configures pending orders and transfers to display.',
-          _default: [{ label: 'Labs', uuid: '52a447d3-a64a-11e3-9aeb-50e549534c5e' }],
-          _elements: {
-            uuid: {
-              _type: Type.UUID,
-              _description: 'Identifies the order type.',
-            },
-            label: {
-              _type: Type.String,
-              _description:
-                "The label or i18n key to the translated label to display. If not provided, defaults to 'Orders'",
-              _default: null,
+      _type: Type.Array,
+      _description: 'Configures pending orders and transfers to display.',
+      _default: [
+        {
+          id: 'pending-items',
+          orders: {
+            orderTypes: [{ label: 'Labs', uuid: '52a447d3-a64a-11e3-9aeb-50e549534c5e' }],
+          },
+          showPendingItems: true,
+        },
+      ],
+      _elements: {
+        id: {
+          _type: Type.String,
+          _description: 'The unique identifier for this patient card element',
+        },
+        orders: {
+          orderTypes: {
+            _type: Type.Array,
+            _description: 'Configures pending orders and transfers to display.',
+            _elements: {
+              uuid: {
+                _type: Type.UUID,
+                _description: 'Identifies the order type.',
+              },
+              label: {
+                _type: Type.String,
+                _description:
+                  "The label or i18n key to the translated label to display. If not provided, defaults to 'Orders'",
+                _default: null,
+              },
             },
           },
         },
-      },
-      showPendingItems: {
-        _type: Type.Boolean,
-        _description:
-          'Optional. If true, pending items (e.g., number of pending orders) will be displayed on the patient card.',
-        _default: true,
+        showPendingItems: {
+          _type: Type.Boolean,
+          _description:
+            'Optional. If true, pending items (e.g., number of pending orders) will be displayed on the patient card.',
+        },
       },
     },
     patientIdentifier: {
@@ -158,7 +173,7 @@ export const configSchema: ConfigSchema = {
       _description: 'Configures admission request notes to display.',
       _default: [
         {
-          id: 'admission-note',
+          id: 'admission-request-note',
           conceptUuid: '161011AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA',
         },
       ],
diff --git a/packages/esm-ward-app/src/ward-patient-card/card-rows/admission-request-note-row.component.tsx b/packages/esm-ward-app/src/ward-patient-card/card-rows/admission-request-note-row.component.tsx
index 1a9b1ff55..c44918280 100644
--- a/packages/esm-ward-app/src/ward-patient-card/card-rows/admission-request-note-row.component.tsx
+++ b/packages/esm-ward-app/src/ward-patient-card/card-rows/admission-request-note-row.component.tsx
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-import { useConfig } from '@openmrs/esm-framework';
 import React from 'react';
 import { type ObsElementConfig } from '../../config-schema';
 import { type WardPatient } from '../../types';
+import { useElementConfig } from '../../ward-view/ward-view.resource';
 import WardPatientObs from '../row-elements/ward-patient-obs';
 import styles from '../ward-patient-card.scss';
-import { useElementConfig } from '../../ward-view/ward-view.resource';
 
 interface AdmissionRequestNoteRowProps {
   wardPatient: WardPatient;
@@ -13,7 +12,7 @@ interface AdmissionRequestNoteRowProps {
 
 const AdmissionRequestNoteRow: React.FC<AdmissionRequestNoteRowProps> = ({ id, wardPatient }) => {
   const { patient, visit, inpatientAdmission } = wardPatient;
-  const { conceptUuid } = useElementConfig('admissionRequestNote', id);
+  const { conceptUuid } = useElementConfig('admissionRequestNote', id) ?? {};
   const config: ObsElementConfig = {
     conceptUuid,
     limit: 0,
diff --git a/packages/esm-ward-app/src/ward-patient-card/row-elements/ward-patient-obs.tsx b/packages/esm-ward-app/src/ward-patient-card/row-elements/ward-patient-obs.tsx
index 584aae6c4..95b21005b 100644
--- a/packages/esm-ward-app/src/ward-patient-card/row-elements/ward-patient-obs.tsx
+++ b/packages/esm-ward-app/src/ward-patient-card/row-elements/ward-patient-obs.tsx
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ const WardPatientObs: React.FC<WardPatientObsProps> = ({ id, configOverride, pat
           <span className={styles.wardPatientObsLabel}>
             {labelToDisplay ? t('labelColon', '{{label}}:', { label: labelToDisplay }) : ''}
           </span>
-          {obsNodes}
+          <div className={styles.dotSeparatedChildren}>{obsNodes}</div>
         </div>
       );
     } else {
diff --git a/packages/esm-ward-app/src/ward-patient-card/ward-patient-card.scss b/packages/esm-ward-app/src/ward-patient-card/ward-patient-card.scss
index 0a003280f..3e25d3b29 100644
--- a/packages/esm-ward-app/src/ward-patient-card/ward-patient-card.scss
+++ b/packages/esm-ward-app/src/ward-patient-card/ward-patient-card.scss
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
   width: 100%;
   padding: layout.$spacing-04;
   border-top: 1px colors.$gray-20 solid;
+  background-color: colors.$white;
 
   &:empty {
     border-top: 0px;
@@ -174,7 +175,7 @@
   display: flex;
   flex-wrap: wrap;
 
-  > div:not(div:first-of-type):not(:empty) {
+  > *:not(*:first-of-type):not(:empty) {
     display: flex;
     align-items: center;
 
diff --git a/packages/esm-ward-app/src/ward-view/default-ward/default-ward-patient-card-header.component.tsx b/packages/esm-ward-app/src/ward-view/default-ward/default-ward-patient-card-header.component.tsx
index efacbc380..a2c0c3952 100644
--- a/packages/esm-ward-app/src/ward-view/default-ward/default-ward-patient-card-header.component.tsx
+++ b/packages/esm-ward-app/src/ward-view/default-ward/default-ward-patient-card-header.component.tsx
@@ -7,9 +7,10 @@ import WardPatientName from '../../ward-patient-card/row-elements/ward-patient-n
 import WardPatientTimeOnWard from '../../ward-patient-card/row-elements/ward-patient-time-on-ward';
 import WardPatientTimeSinceAdmission from '../../ward-patient-card/row-elements/ward-patient-time-since-admission';
 import styles from '../../ward-patient-card/ward-patient-card.scss';
-import { WardPatientCardType } from '../../types';
+import { type WardPatientCardType } from '../../types';
+import WardPatientGender from '../../ward-patient-card/row-elements/ward-patient-gender.component';
 
-const DefaultWardPatientCardHeader : WardPatientCardType = (wardPatient) => {
+const DefaultWardPatientCardHeader: WardPatientCardType = (wardPatient) => {
   const { patient, bed, inpatientAdmission } = wardPatient;
   const { encounterAssigningToCurrentInpatientLocation, firstAdmissionOrTransferEncounter } = inpatientAdmission ?? {};
 
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ const DefaultWardPatientCardHeader : WardPatientCardType = (wardPatient) => {
       {bed ? <WardPatientBedNumber bed={bed} /> : null}
       <WardPatientName patient={patient} />
       <WardPatientIdentifier patient={patient} />
+      <WardPatientGender patient={patient} />
       <WardPatientAge patient={patient} />
       <WardPatientTimeSinceAdmission firstAdmissionOrTransferEncounter={firstAdmissionOrTransferEncounter} />
       <WardPatientTimeOnWard
@@ -25,6 +27,6 @@ const DefaultWardPatientCardHeader : WardPatientCardType = (wardPatient) => {
       />
     </div>
   );
-}
+};
 
-export default DefaultWardPatientCardHeader;
\ No newline at end of file
+export default DefaultWardPatientCardHeader;
diff --git a/packages/esm-ward-app/src/ward-view/default-ward/default-ward-pending-patients.component.tsx b/packages/esm-ward-app/src/ward-view/default-ward/default-ward-pending-patients.component.tsx
index d3dc97029..5d0513f68 100644
--- a/packages/esm-ward-app/src/ward-view/default-ward/default-ward-pending-patients.component.tsx
+++ b/packages/esm-ward-app/src/ward-view/default-ward/default-ward-pending-patients.component.tsx
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
 import { type WardViewContext, type InpatientRequest } from '../../types';
 import AdmissionRequestCard from '../../ward-workspace/admission-request-card/admission-request-card.component';
 import WardPatientSkeletonText from '../../ward-patient-card/row-elements/ward-patient-skeleton-text';
+import AdmissionRequestNoteRow from '../../ward-patient-card/card-rows/admission-request-note-row.component';
 
 function DefaultWardPendingPatients() {
   const { wardPatientGroupDetails } = useAppContext<WardViewContext>('ward-view-context') ?? {};
@@ -21,16 +22,29 @@ function DefaultWardPendingPatients() {
     <ErrorState headerTitle={t('admissionRequests', 'Admission requests')} error={errorFetchingInpatientRequests} />
   ) : (
     <>
-      {inpatientRequests?.map((request: InpatientRequest, i) => (
-        <AdmissionRequestCard
-          key={`admission-request-card-${i}`}
-          patient={request.patient}
-          visit={request.visit}
-          bed={null}
-          inpatientRequest={request}
-          inpatientAdmission={null}
-        />
-      ))}
+      {inpatientRequests?.map((request: InpatientRequest, i) => {
+        const wardPatient = {
+          patient: request.patient,
+          visit: request.visit,
+          bed: null,
+          inpatientRequest: request,
+          inpatientAdmission: null,
+        };
+
+        return (
+          <AdmissionRequestCard
+            key={`admission-request-card-${i}`}
+            wardPatient={{
+              patient: request.patient,
+              visit: request.visit,
+              bed: null,
+              inpatientRequest: request,
+              inpatientAdmission: null,
+            }}>
+            <AdmissionRequestNoteRow id={'admission-request-note'} wardPatient={wardPatient} />
+          </AdmissionRequestCard>
+        );
+      })}
     </>
   );
 }
diff --git a/packages/esm-ward-app/src/ward-view/materal-ward/maternal-ward-beds.component.tsx b/packages/esm-ward-app/src/ward-view/materal-ward/maternal-ward-beds.component.tsx
index 018b9c62e..1a6d6843c 100644
--- a/packages/esm-ward-app/src/ward-view/materal-ward/maternal-ward-beds.component.tsx
+++ b/packages/esm-ward-app/src/ward-view/materal-ward/maternal-ward-beds.component.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { useAppContext } from '@openmrs/esm-framework';
 import React from 'react';
 import WardBed from '../../beds/ward-bed.component';
-import { MotherAndChild, type WardPatient, type WardViewContext } from '../../types';
+import { type MotherAndChild, type WardPatient, type WardViewContext } from '../../types';
 import { bedLayoutToBed } from '../ward-view.resource';
 import MaternalWardPatientCard from './maternal-ward-patient-card.component';
 
@@ -9,52 +9,52 @@ interface MaternalWardBedsProps {
   motherChildrenRelationshipsByPatient: Map<string, MotherAndChild[]>;
 }
 
-const MaternalWardBeds : React.FC<MaternalWardBedsProps> = ({motherChildrenRelationshipsByPatient}) => {
-  const {wardPatientGroupDetails} = useAppContext<WardViewContext>('ward-view-context') ?? {};
+const MaternalWardBeds: React.FC<MaternalWardBedsProps> = ({ motherChildrenRelationshipsByPatient }) => {
+  const { wardPatientGroupDetails } = useAppContext<WardViewContext>('ward-view-context') ?? {};
   const { bedLayouts, wardAdmittedPatientsWithBed } = wardPatientGroupDetails ?? {};
 
   const wardBeds = bedLayouts?.map((bedLayout) => {
     const { patients: patientsInCurrentBed } = bedLayout;
     const bed = bedLayoutToBed(bedLayout);
-    const wardPatients: WardPatient[] = patientsInCurrentBed.map((patient): WardPatient => {
-      const inpatientAdmission = wardAdmittedPatientsWithBed?.get(patient.uuid);
-      if (inpatientAdmission) {
-        const { patient, visit, currentInpatientRequest } = inpatientAdmission;
-        return { patient, visit, bed, inpatientAdmission, inpatientRequest: currentInpatientRequest || null };
-      } else {
-        // for some reason this patient is in a bed but not in the list of admitted patients, 
-        // so we need to use the patient data from the bed endpoint
-        return {
-          patient: patient,
-          visit: null,
-          bed,
-          inpatientAdmission: null,
-          inpatientRequest: null,
-        };
-      }
-    }).filter((wardPatient) => {
-      // filter out any child patient whose mother is also assigned to the same bed
-      // (the child patient will instead have a sub-card rendered in the mother's patient card)
-      const patientUuid = wardPatient.patient.uuid;
-      for(const relationship of motherChildrenRelationshipsByPatient?.get(patientUuid) ?? []) {
-        if(relationship.child.uuid == patientUuid) {
-          if(patientsInCurrentBed.some((patient) => patient.uuid == relationship.mother.uuid)) {
-            return false;
+    const wardPatients: WardPatient[] = patientsInCurrentBed
+      .map((patient): WardPatient => {
+        const inpatientAdmission = wardAdmittedPatientsWithBed?.get(patient.uuid);
+        if (inpatientAdmission) {
+          const { patient, visit, currentInpatientRequest } = inpatientAdmission;
+          return { patient, visit, bed, inpatientAdmission, inpatientRequest: currentInpatientRequest || null };
+        } else {
+          // for some reason this patient is in a bed but not in the list of admitted patients,
+          // so we need to use the patient data from the bed endpoint
+          return {
+            patient: patient,
+            visit: null,
+            bed,
+            inpatientAdmission: null,
+            inpatientRequest: null,
+          };
+        }
+      })
+      .filter((wardPatient) => {
+        // filter out any child patient whose mother is also assigned to the same bed
+        // (the child patient will instead have a sub-card rendered in the mother's patient card)
+        const patientUuid = wardPatient.patient.uuid;
+        for (const relationship of motherChildrenRelationshipsByPatient?.get(patientUuid) ?? []) {
+          if (relationship.child.uuid == patientUuid) {
+            if (patientsInCurrentBed.some((patient) => patient.uuid == relationship.mother.uuid)) {
+              return false;
+            }
           }
         }
-      }
-      return true;
-    });
-    const patientCards = wardPatients.map(wardPatient => (
-      <MaternalWardPatientCard 
-        key={wardPatient.patient.uuid}
-        {...wardPatient} />
+        return true;
+      });
+    const patientCards = wardPatients.map((wardPatient) => (
+      <MaternalWardPatientCard key={wardPatient.patient.uuid} {...wardPatient} />
     ));
 
     return <WardBed key={bed.uuid} bed={bed} patientCards={patientCards} />;
   });
 
   return <>{wardBeds}</>;
-}
+};
 
 export default MaternalWardBeds;
diff --git a/packages/esm-ward-app/src/ward-view/materal-ward/maternal-ward-patient-card-header.component.tsx b/packages/esm-ward-app/src/ward-view/materal-ward/maternal-ward-patient-card-header.component.tsx
index 0e270528b..f55fb2961 100644
--- a/packages/esm-ward-app/src/ward-view/materal-ward/maternal-ward-patient-card-header.component.tsx
+++ b/packages/esm-ward-app/src/ward-view/materal-ward/maternal-ward-patient-card-header.component.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import classNames from 'classnames';
 import React from 'react';
-import { WardPatientCardType } from '../../types';
+import { type WardPatientCardType } from '../../types';
 import WardPatientAge from '../../ward-patient-card/row-elements/ward-patient-age';
 import WardPatientBedNumber from '../../ward-patient-card/row-elements/ward-patient-bed-number';
 import WardPatientAddress from '../../ward-patient-card/row-elements/ward-patient-header-address';
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import WardPatientObs from '../../ward-patient-card/row-elements/ward-patient-ob
 import WardPatientTimeSinceAdmission from '../../ward-patient-card/row-elements/ward-patient-time-since-admission';
 import styles from '../../ward-patient-card/ward-patient-card.scss';
 
-const MaternalWardPatientCardHeader : WardPatientCardType = (wardPatient) => {
+const MaternalWardPatientCardHeader: WardPatientCardType = (wardPatient) => {
   const { patient, bed, visit, inpatientAdmission } = wardPatient;
   const { firstAdmissionOrTransferEncounter } = inpatientAdmission ?? {};
 
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ const MaternalWardPatientCardHeader : WardPatientCardType = (wardPatient) => {
       <WardPatientName patient={patient} />
       <WardPatientIdentifier patient={patient} />
       <WardPatientAge patient={patient} />
-      <WardPatientAddress id={"patient-address"} patient={patient} />
-      <WardPatientObs id={"admission-reason"} patient={patient} visit={visit} />
+      <WardPatientAddress id={'patient-address'} patient={patient} />
+      <WardPatientObs id={'admission-reason'} patient={patient} visit={visit} />
       <WardPatientTimeSinceAdmission firstAdmissionOrTransferEncounter={firstAdmissionOrTransferEncounter} />
     </div>
   );
-}
+};
 
-export default MaternalWardPatientCardHeader;
\ No newline at end of file
+export default MaternalWardPatientCardHeader;
diff --git a/packages/esm-ward-app/src/ward-view/materal-ward/maternal-ward-patient-card.component.tsx b/packages/esm-ward-app/src/ward-view/materal-ward/maternal-ward-patient-card.component.tsx
index d042b8bbd..c5740f9a4 100644
--- a/packages/esm-ward-app/src/ward-view/materal-ward/maternal-ward-patient-card.component.tsx
+++ b/packages/esm-ward-app/src/ward-view/materal-ward/maternal-ward-patient-card.component.tsx
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ const MaternalWardPatientCard: WardPatientCardType = (wardPatient) => {
       <PendingItemsRow id={'pending-items'} wardPatient={wardPatient} />
       <CodedObsTagsRow id="pregnancy-complications" {...wardPatient} />
       <MotherChildRowExtension {...wardPatient} />
-      <AdmissionRequestNoteRow id={'admission-request-note'} wardPatient={wardPatient} />
     </WardPatientCard>
   );
 
diff --git a/packages/esm-ward-app/src/ward-view/materal-ward/maternal-ward-pending-patients.component.tsx b/packages/esm-ward-app/src/ward-view/materal-ward/maternal-ward-pending-patients.component.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6005fe671
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/esm-ward-app/src/ward-view/materal-ward/maternal-ward-pending-patients.component.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+import { ErrorState, useAppContext } from '@openmrs/esm-framework';
+import React from 'react';
+import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
+import { type InpatientRequest, type WardViewContext } from '../../types';
+import AdmissionRequestNoteRow from '../../ward-patient-card/card-rows/admission-request-note-row.component';
+import CodedObsTagsRow from '../../ward-patient-card/card-rows/coded-obs-tags-row.component';
+import MotherChildRowExtension from '../../ward-patient-card/card-rows/mother-child-row.component';
+import WardPatientSkeletonText from '../../ward-patient-card/row-elements/ward-patient-skeleton-text';
+import AdmissionRequestCard from '../../ward-workspace/admission-request-card/admission-request-card.component';
+
+function MaternalWardPendingPatients() {
+  const { wardPatientGroupDetails } = useAppContext<WardViewContext>('ward-view-context') ?? {};
+  const { t } = useTranslation();
+  const { inpatientRequestResponse } = wardPatientGroupDetails ?? {};
+  const {
+    inpatientRequests,
+    isLoading: isLoadingInpatientRequests,
+    error: errorFetchingInpatientRequests,
+  } = inpatientRequestResponse ?? {};
+
+  return isLoadingInpatientRequests ? (
+    <WardPatientSkeletonText />
+  ) : errorFetchingInpatientRequests ? (
+    <ErrorState headerTitle={t('admissionRequests', 'Admission requests')} error={errorFetchingInpatientRequests} />
+  ) : (
+    <>
+      {inpatientRequests?.map((request: InpatientRequest, i) => {
+        const wardPatient = {
+          patient: request.patient,
+          visit: request.visit,
+          bed: null,
+          inpatientRequest: request,
+          inpatientAdmission: null,
+        };
+
+        return (
+          <AdmissionRequestCard key={`admission-request-card-${i}`} wardPatient={wardPatient}>
+            <CodedObsTagsRow id="pregnancy-complications" {...wardPatient} />
+            <MotherChildRowExtension {...wardPatient} />
+            <AdmissionRequestNoteRow id={'admission-request-note'} wardPatient={wardPatient} />
+          </AdmissionRequestCard>
+        );
+      })}
+    </>
+  );
+}
+
+export default MaternalWardPendingPatients;
diff --git a/packages/esm-ward-app/src/ward-view/materal-ward/maternal-ward-view.component.tsx b/packages/esm-ward-app/src/ward-view/materal-ward/maternal-ward-view.component.tsx
index 2d87fe153..aaada99f8 100644
--- a/packages/esm-ward-app/src/ward-view/materal-ward/maternal-ward-view.component.tsx
+++ b/packages/esm-ward-app/src/ward-view/materal-ward/maternal-ward-view.component.tsx
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ import WardViewHeader from '../../ward-view-header/ward-view-header.component';
 import Ward from '../ward.component';
 import MaternalWardBeds from './maternal-ward-beds.component';
 import MaternalWardPatientCardHeader from './maternal-ward-patient-card-header.component';
+import MaternalWardPendingPatients from './maternal-ward-pending-patients.component';
 import MaternalWardUnassignedPatients from './maternal-ward-unassigned-patients.component';
 import { useMotherChildrenRelationshipsByPatient } from './maternal-ward-view.resource';
-import DefaultWardPendingPatients from '../default-ward/default-ward-pending-patients.component';
 
 const MaternalWardView = () => {
   const wardPatientGroupDetails = useWardPatientGrouping();
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ const MaternalWardView = () => {
 
   const wardBeds = <MaternalWardBeds {...{ motherChildrenRelationshipsByPatient }} />;
   const wardUnassignedPatients = <MaternalWardUnassignedPatients />;
-  const wardPendingPatients = <DefaultWardPendingPatients />;
+  const wardPendingPatients = <MaternalWardPendingPatients />;
 
   return (
     <>
diff --git a/packages/esm-ward-app/src/ward-view/ward-view.resource.ts b/packages/esm-ward-app/src/ward-view/ward-view.resource.ts
index bf6dee1af..a7311392a 100644
--- a/packages/esm-ward-app/src/ward-view/ward-view.resource.ts
+++ b/packages/esm-ward-app/src/ward-view/ward-view.resource.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { useConfig, type Patient } from '@openmrs/esm-framework';
+import { showNotification, useConfig, type Patient } from '@openmrs/esm-framework';
 import type { TFunction } from 'i18next';
 import { useMemo } from 'react';
 import {
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import type {
   WardMetrics,
   WardPatientGroupDetails,
 } from '../types';
+import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
 
 // the server side has 2 slightly incompatible types for Bed
 export function bedLayoutToBed(bedLayout: BedLayout): Bed {
@@ -167,7 +168,26 @@ export function useElementConfig(elementType: 'pendingItems', id: string): Pendi
 export function useElementConfig(elementType: 'admissionRequestNote', id: string): AdmissionRequestNoteElementConfig;
 export function useElementConfig(elementType, id: string): object {
   const config = useConfig<WardConfigObject>();
-  return config?.patientCardElements?.[elementType]?.find((elementConfig) => elementConfig.id == id);
+  const { t } = useTranslation();
+
+  try {
+    return config?.patientCardElements?.[elementType]?.find((elementConfig) => elementConfig?.id == id);
+  } catch (e) {
+    showNotification({
+      title: t('errorConfiguringPatientCard', 'Error configuring patient card'),
+      kind: 'error',
+      critical: true,
+      description: t(
+        'errorConfiguringPatientCardMessage',
+        'Unable to find configuration for {{elementType}}, id: {{id}}',
+        {
+          elementType,
+          id,
+        },
+      ),
+    });
+    return null;
+  }
 }
 
 export function useWardConfig(locationUuid: string): WardDefinition {
diff --git a/packages/esm-ward-app/src/ward-workspace/admission-request-card/admission-request-card-header.component.tsx b/packages/esm-ward-app/src/ward-workspace/admission-request-card/admission-request-card-header.component.tsx
index 426380e8b..169f85035 100644
--- a/packages/esm-ward-app/src/ward-workspace/admission-request-card/admission-request-card-header.component.tsx
+++ b/packages/esm-ward-app/src/ward-workspace/admission-request-card/admission-request-card-header.component.tsx
@@ -1,18 +1,25 @@
-import { formatDatetime, getLocale, useAppContext } from '@openmrs/esm-framework';
+import { formatDatetime, getLocale } from '@openmrs/esm-framework';
 import classNames from 'classnames';
 import React from 'react';
-import { WardViewContext, type WardPatientCardType } from '../../types';
+import { type WardPatientCardType } from '../../types';
+import WardPatientAge from '../../ward-patient-card/row-elements/ward-patient-age';
+import WardPatientGender from '../../ward-patient-card/row-elements/ward-patient-gender.component';
+import WardPatientIdentifier from '../../ward-patient-card/row-elements/ward-patient-identifier';
+import WardPatientName from '../../ward-patient-card/row-elements/ward-patient-name';
 import styles from './admission-request-card.scss';
 
 const AdmissionRequestCardHeader: WardPatientCardType = (wardPatient) => {
   const { inpatientRequest } = wardPatient;
   const { dispositionEncounter } = inpatientRequest;
-  const {WardPatientHeader} = useAppContext<WardViewContext>('ward-view-context') ?? {};
+  const { patient } = wardPatient;
 
   return (
     <div className={styles.admissionRequestCardHeaderContainer}>
       <div className={styles.admissionRequestCardHeader}>
-        {WardPatientHeader && <WardPatientHeader {...wardPatient} />}
+        <WardPatientName patient={patient} />
+        <WardPatientIdentifier patient={patient} />
+        <WardPatientGender patient={patient} />
+        <WardPatientAge patient={patient} />
       </div>
       <div className={classNames(styles.admissionRequestCardHeader, styles.admissionEncounterDetails)}>
         <div>
diff --git a/packages/esm-ward-app/src/ward-workspace/admission-request-card/admission-request-card.component.tsx b/packages/esm-ward-app/src/ward-workspace/admission-request-card/admission-request-card.component.tsx
index 6e7f6af27..81ab83edb 100644
--- a/packages/esm-ward-app/src/ward-workspace/admission-request-card/admission-request-card.component.tsx
+++ b/packages/esm-ward-app/src/ward-workspace/admission-request-card/admission-request-card.component.tsx
@@ -1,13 +1,19 @@
-import React from 'react';
-import type { WardPatientCardType } from '../../types';
+import React, { type ReactNode } from 'react';
+import type { WardPatient, WardPatientCardType } from '../../types';
 import AdmissionRequestCardActions from './admission-request-card-actions.component';
 import AdmissionRequestCardHeader from './admission-request-card-header.component';
 import styles from './admission-request-card.scss';
 
-const AdmissionRequestCard: WardPatientCardType = (wardPatient) => {
+interface AdmissionRequestCardProps {
+  wardPatient: WardPatient;
+  children?: ReactNode;
+}
+
+const AdmissionRequestCard: React.FC<AdmissionRequestCardProps> = ({ wardPatient, children }) => {
   return (
     <div className={styles.admissionRequestCard}>
       <AdmissionRequestCardHeader {...wardPatient} />
+      {children}
       <AdmissionRequestCardActions {...wardPatient} />
     </div>
   );
diff --git a/packages/esm-ward-app/src/ward-workspace/admission-request-card/admission-request-card.scss b/packages/esm-ward-app/src/ward-workspace/admission-request-card/admission-request-card.scss
index b7496b63c..08620f49c 100644
--- a/packages/esm-ward-app/src/ward-workspace/admission-request-card/admission-request-card.scss
+++ b/packages/esm-ward-app/src/ward-workspace/admission-request-card/admission-request-card.scss
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@
   height: fit-content;
   color: $color-gray-70;
   margin-bottom: layout.$spacing-05;
+
+  > div {
+    margin: layout.$spacing-04;
+    width: unset;
+  }
 }
 
 .admissionRequestCardHeaderContainer {
@@ -29,7 +34,7 @@
   display: none;
 
   &:has(div:not(:empty)) {
-    display: block;  
+    display: block;
     margin: layout.$spacing-03 0;
     background-color: white;
   }
diff --git a/packages/esm-ward-app/translations/en.json b/packages/esm-ward-app/translations/en.json
index cf2d57e0d..3297a2c6f 100644
--- a/packages/esm-ward-app/translations/en.json
+++ b/packages/esm-ward-app/translations/en.json
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
   "emptyText": "Empty",
   "encounterDisplay": "{{encounterType}} {{encounterDate}}",
   "errorAssigningBedToPatient": "Error assigning bed to patient",
+  "errorConfiguringPatientCard": "Error configuring patient card",
+  "errorConfiguringPatientCardMessage": "Unable to find configuration for {{elementType}}, id: {{id}}",
   "errorCreatingEncounter": "Failed to admit patient",
   "errorCreatingTransferRequest": "Error creating transfer request",
   "errorDischargingPatient": "Error discharging patient",