26 May 2017 Services at Bridgnorth and Oswestry Midwife-Led Units (MLUs) will be temporarily suspended from 8pm tonight (26 May 2017) until 8am on Tuesday (30 May 2017). Women booked to give birth at Bridgnorth or Oswestry MLU who go into labour during the temporary suspension of services will be offered a birth at another MLU. If any women due [...]
26 May 2017 You may have seen or heard about the recent temporary suspension of services at some of our Midwife-Led Units (MLUs) in Shropshire. Here Sarah Jamieson, Head of Midwifery, explains why these temporary closures are necessary to ensure the continued safety of all women using our Maternity Services "We are fully supportive of birth choice and women whose [...]
26 May 2017 Services at two Midwife-Led Units (MLUs) in Shropshire were temporarily suspended last night (Thursday 25 May 2017) due to staff sickness. At Bridgnorth MLU, services were temporarily suspended from 8pm yesterday (Thursday 25 May) until 8am today (Friday 26 May). A decision was later made to suspend services at Oswestry MLU from 11pm yesterday (25 May) until [...]
24 May 2017 The Trust which runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals scooped a major award at this year’s NHS Sustainability Awards. The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), which runs the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford, won the Travel and Transport Award at the prestigious awards ceremony for influencing staff to become engaged with [...]
23 May 2017 The following message is from our colleagues at Telford & Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) As the late May bank holiday approaches - Friday, 26 May through to Monday 29 May - Telford & Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is reminding people to be prepared, whatever the weather. Dr Jo Leahy, a local GP and CCG Chair said: “An [...]
Tuesday 23 May 2017 More than 2,500 men in the region have been screened for potential aneurysms over the past 12 months. From left: Steven Jones, Vascular Consultant; June Whitaker, a member of the League of Friends of the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital’s Executive Committee; Danielle Bajic, Vascular Specialist Nurse; Louise Jones, AAA Screening Programme Coordinator (Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin); [...]
22 May 2017 Services at Bridgnorth Midwife Led Unit (MLU) will be temporarily suspended from 8pm tonight (Monday 22 May 2017) until 8am tomorrow (23 May 2017). Women booked to give birth at Bridgnorth MLU who go into labour during the temporary suspension of services will be offered a birth at another MLU. If any women due to give birth [...]
22 May 2017 The following information is provided by our colleagues at Shropshire Council Residents and organisations across Shropshire are being asked to support a new campaign to help older people reduce their risk of falling. The ‘Let’s talk about the F-word’ campaign launched today (Monday, 22 May 2017) is being led by Shropshire’s public health service Help2Change and Age [...]
19 May 2017 The Chief Operating Officer at the Trust which runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals is to retire at the end of the year. Debbie Kadum (left) will step down from her post on 17 December 2017 after five years at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) and more than 36 years in the NHS. One of [...]
19 May 2017 A conference held in Shropshire to look at ways to improve care for people living with dementia has proved a huge success. Karen Breese (left) and George Rook (right) with Chris Roberts and Jayne Goodrick Around 200 people attended the conference – Changing Dementia Care –at the Shropshire Conference Centre at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital [...]
