30 January 2018 Services at Oswestry Midwife Led Unit (MLU) will be temporarily suspended from 8pm today (Tuesday 30 January) until 8am tomorrow (Wednesday 31 January) because of short-term staff sickness. Women booked to give birth at Oswestry who go into labour during the temporary suspension of services will be offered a birth at another MLU or the Consultant-Led Unit [...]
30 January 2018 New mums in Shropshire are treated with respect and dignity, listened to and given the help they need. Those are the findings of the latest survey of women’s experiences of maternity care, published by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). The survey also found that women who raised concerns during their pregnancy or delivery had those concerns taken [...]
29 January 2018 Twelve-week-old Betsy Cheal is a little miracle. Luke and Abigail with Betsy She was born almost four weeks prematurely by emergency caesarean at the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford, after her mother Abigail Hulme suffered a rare, life-threatening complication during labour. Abigail, of Newport, had suffered a uterine rupture – a condition which affects [...]
26 January 2018 Services at Ludlow Midwife-Led Unit (MLU) and Oswestry MLU will be temporarily suspended from 8pm tonight (Friday 26 January) until 8am tomorrow (Saturday 27 January). Services at Oswestry MLU will also be temporarily suspended from 8pm on Sunday 28 January until 8am on Monday 29 January. Women booked to give birth at the affected MLUs who go [...]
26 January 2018 Mums-to-be are to be given new ‘wellbeing wallets’ by The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) as part of a national scheme to reduce the risk of stillbirths. From 28 January, MAMA Academy Wellbeing Wallets are being distributed to all pregnant women at their first booking appointment at SaTH, thanks to the MAMA Academy and generous [...]
25 January 2018 Shropshire’s two acute hospitals will celebrate the 70th birthday of the NHS with a specially themed fun day this summer. The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust will hold the event in the grounds of the Shropshire Conference Centre at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) on Saturday 7 July. The event will include the unveiling of a [...]
23 January 2018 The Harry Johnson Trust has kindly donated a wide range of children’s pyjamas to Shropshire’s two acute hospitals. Sally Johnson, on behalf of the Harry Johnson Trust, delivered the pyjamas for boys and girls of all ages to the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) and Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford. The pyjamas are for children who have [...]
23 January 2018 The following information is from our partners at Telford and Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) Nationally, two women every day of the year lose their lives to cervical cancer, with 75 per cent of cases preventable through screening. Monday, 22 January marks the start of Cervical Cancer Prevention Week. NHS Telford and Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) [...]
19 January 2018 Shrewsbury Midwife Led Unit (MLU) is to temporarily relocate to allow further repair work to take place after last month’s heavy snowfall caused damage to the roof. Birthing and other inpatient services at Shrewsbury MLU, based in the Copthorne Building at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, were suspended on 11 December. The MLU remains open to outpatient services [...]
18 January 2018 NHS Improvement (NHSI) has today confirmed the appointment of Mr Ben Reid OBE as Chair of The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH). Mr Reid, a qualified accountant who lives in Worcestershire, is Group Chief Executive of the Mid-Counties Co-operative - which has outlets in Shropshire and Mid Wales - a position he has held for [...]
