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Discussions continue on maintaining safe, effective and dignified Urgent and Emergency Care

16 June 2017 Senior clinicians and hospital leaders today (Friday) met with health partners and patient representatives to continue discussions over the best way of keeping patients safe in the event of fragile services becoming unsustainable. The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), which runs the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) and Telford’s Princess Royal Hospital (PRH), is examining what [...]

Discussions continue on maintaining safe, effective and dignified Urgent and Emergency CareClaire Dunn2017-06-16T14:41:53+01:00

Antenatal Scans unavailable at Sutton Hill Children’s Centre on Tuesday and Wednesday

16 June 2017 Antenatal scans for pregnant women will not be available at Sutton Hill Children’s Centre in Telford on Tuesday and Wednesday (20 and 21 June 2017) due to essential building maintenance work. Women due to have scans at the centre on the two days will be offered appointments at the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford instead on the [...]

Antenatal Scans unavailable at Sutton Hill Children’s Centre on Tuesday and WednesdayClaire Dunn2017-06-16T11:39:56+01:00

Temporary suspension of services at Bridgnorth Midwife-Led Unit this weekend

16 June 2017 Services for women booked to give birth at Bridgnorth Midwife-Led Unit (MLU) will be temporarily suspended from 8pm tonight (Friday 16 June 2017) until 8am on Monday (19 June 2017). Day services for expectant mums will continue as normal. Earlier this week services were temporarily suspended at Ludlow and Oswestry MLUs from 8pm on Tuesday (13 June [...]

Temporary suspension of services at Bridgnorth Midwife-Led Unit this weekendClaire Dunn2017-06-16T11:29:25+01:00

Health and social care organisations urge people to get to know diabetes

15 June 2017 The following message is from our colleagues at Shropshire Council Health and social care organisations across Shropshire are joining forces in support of a annual national diabetes campaign to urge local residents to get to know the disease and learn how to fight it. The call to action is part of national Diabetes Week, led by Diabetes [...]

Health and social care organisations urge people to get to know diabetesClaire Dunn2017-06-15T08:20:46+01:00

Improvement event celebrates changes through VMI partnership that have enhanced patient care

14 June 2017 The Trust which runs Shropshire's two acute hospitals is developing a culture of safest and kindest care through its partnership with the Virginia Mason Institute (VMI) – the USA’s ‘Hospital of the Decade’. An artist captures ideas surrounding the event from comments on social media. The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) is one [...]

Improvement event celebrates changes through VMI partnership that have enhanced patient careClaire Dunn2017-06-14T09:37:14+01:00

Temporary suspension of services at Ludlow and Oswestry Midwife-Led Units

14 June 2017 Services for women booked to give birth at Ludlow Midwife-Led Unit (MLU) and Oswestry MLU have been temporarily suspended until 8am on Wednesday 21 June. Day services for expectant mums will continue as normal. Women booked to give birth at Ludlow and Oswestry MLUs who go into labour during the temporary suspension of services will be offered [...]

Temporary suspension of services at Ludlow and Oswestry Midwife-Led UnitsClaire Dunn2017-06-16T11:35:05+01:00

Temporary suspension of services at Ludlow Midwife-Led Unit tomorrow (Tuesday 12 June)

12 June 2017 Services for women booked to give birth at Ludlow Midwife-Led Unit (MLU) will be temporarily suspended from 8am to 8pm tomorrow (Tuesday 13 June). Day services for expectant mums will continue as normal. Women booked to give birth at Ludlow MLU who go into labour during the temporary suspension of services will be offered a birth at [...]

Temporary suspension of services at Ludlow Midwife-Led Unit tomorrow (Tuesday 12 June)Claire Dunn2017-06-14T08:22:10+01:00

Suspension of services at two Midwife-Led Units from tonight (Thursday 8 June 2017)

8 June 2017 Services at two Midwife-Led Units (MLUs) in Shropshire will be temporarily suspended from 8pm tonight (Thursday 8 June) due to continuing illness and staff shortages. Services for women due to give birth, and postnatal care, are being suspended at Oswestry MLU from 8pm tonight until 8am on Tuesday (13 June). Day services for expectant mums will continue [...]

Suspension of services at two Midwife-Led Units from tonight (Thursday 8 June 2017)Claire Dunn2017-06-14T08:22:55+01:00

Maintaining choice for mums-to-be

8 June 2017 There have been reports in the news and on social media today following a report which went before yesterday's meeting of Shropshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) about the future of Midwife-Led Units (MLUs) in the county. Below is a statement from Sarah Jamieson, Head of Midwifery, setting out the facts: “The long-term provision of midwifery services in Shropshire is [...]

Maintaining choice for mums-to-beClaire Dunn2018-01-08T15:36:23+00:00

Events for carers across Shropshire to mark national Carers Week

8 June 2017 The following information is from our colleagues at Shropshire Council Young people and adults who care for a loved one, are invited to a series of events across the county in celebration of Carers Week. The national campaign, between Monday 12 June 2017 and Sunday 18 June 2017, aims to raise awareness of the role of unpaid [...]

Events for carers across Shropshire to mark national Carers WeekClaire Dunn2018-06-11T08:05:46+01:00