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 another MLU. If any women due to give birth at Ludlow MLU require support during this time they will be able to access a Midwife.
The suspension of services is due to on-going staff sickness affected the Midwifery service, which also saw services at Ludlow temporarily suspended on Saturday and Sunday.
We are contacting any women who have chosen to deliver at Ludlow MLU and are likely to give birth in the near future to inform them and offer an alternative location to give birth if they go into labour during the temporary suspension of services.
Anthea Gregory-Page, Deputy Head of Midwifery at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), said: “Unfortunately, sickness which has been affecting the Midwifery service over recent days is continuing and, as a result, we are temporarily suspending services at Ludlow MLU from 8am to 8pm tomorrow. I would like to apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
“We are contacting women who have chosen to deliver at Ludlow and who are due to give birth in the near future to inform them and offer an alternative location to give birth if they go into labour whilst services are suspended at Ludlow MLU.”
Services for women due to give birth, and postnatal care, are also temporarily suspended at Oswestry MLU, but are expected to resume at 8am tomorrow (Tuesday 13 June).