13 January 2022 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust’s Neonatal Unit has achieved the UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative Stage One accreditation. The Baby Friendly Initiative (BFI) is a global programme first launched in 1994, and extended to neonatal units in 2012, by UNICEF and the World Health Organisation to support breastfeeding and parent-infant relationships by improving standards of care. [...]
29 October 2019 Outpatient services at Shrewsbury Midwife Led Unit (MLU) are relocating from next week. The services – which include the Early Pregnancy Assessment Service (EPAS), antenatal and scanning – will be provided from Mytton Oak House, based at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) from Monday 4 November. The move will allow fire regulation works currently under way in [...]
23 August 2019 Families who attend a church in Telford have kindly collected and donated a range of gifts to be distributed to mums and their newborn babies. The gift-wrapped donations, which included baby baths, baby clothes, nappies and toiletries, were delivered to midwives at the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford this week to be given to new mums [...]
12 August 2019 Expectant mums opting for a birth at the Wrekin Midwife Led Unit will be cared for by small teams of named midwives to improve their maternity journey. Midwives at the unit, which is based at Princess Royal Hospital in Telford, have introduced Continuity of Carer for their mums-to-be. It means that they will have the same people [...]
28 March 2019 Inpatient services (births and postnatal care) at Shrewsbury Midwife Led Unit (MLU) will be temporarily suspended from 8pm today (Thursday 28 March) until 8am tomorrow (Friday 29 March) because of short-term staff sickness. Women booked to give birth at Shrewsbury MLU who go into labour during the temporary suspension of services will be offered a birth at [...]
18 December 2018 Shrewsbury Midwife Led Unit (MLU) was officially re-opened today (Tuesday 18 December) following a £500,000 refurbishment. The Mayor of Shrewsbury, Peter Nutting, was joined by some of the mums, their families and the staff who helped re-design the unit, to cut the ribbon and officially open the £500,000 refurbished Midwife Led Unit. The Mayor of [...]
7 September 2018 Inpatient services, including births, at Shrewsbury Midwife Led Unit (MLU) are to be temporarily suspended from 8pm today (Friday 7 September) until 8.30am on Monday 10 September. Antenatal and postnatal outpatient services will continue. Women booked to give birth at Shrewsbury MLU who go into labour during this time will be offered a birth at either Wrekin [...]
18 May 2018 Inpatient services, including births, at Bridgnorth Midwife Led Unit (MLU) are to be temporarily suspended for four weeks from Sunday 20 May. Births at Oswestry and Ludlow MLUs, which are currently suspended, will continue to be temporarily suspended for a further four weeks. This is to ensure the safe care of mums using Shropshire’s maternity services. Oswestry, [...]
16 May 2018 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) is taking part in the Maternal and Neonatal Health Safety Collaborative (MNHSC), which aims to improve the safety, reliability and clinical effectiveness of maternal and neonatal services across England. The Trust’s Head of Midwifery Sarah Jamieson, Clinical Director for Maternity Adam Gornall, and Lead Midwives Jill Whittaker and Louise [...]
8 February 2018 Services at Oswestry Midwife Led Unit (MLU) will be temporarily suspended from 8pm today (Thursday 8 February) until 8am tomorrow (Friday 9 February). The decision has been made because of on-going short-term staff sickness which continues to affect the midwifery service. Women booked to give birth at Oswestry who go into labour during the temporary suspension of [...]
