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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Services at Oswestry Midwife-Led Unit (MLU) will be temporarily suspended from 8pm tonight (Wednesday 7 June) until 8am tomorrow (Thursday 8 June). Women booked to give birth at Oswestry 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 Oswestry MLU require support [...]
6 June 2017 Services at Bridgnorth Midwife-Led Unit (MLU) will be temporarily suspended from 8pm tonight (6 June 2017) until 8am tomorrow (7 June 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 at Bridgnorth [...]
1 June 2017 Services at Ludlow and Bridgnorth Midwife-Led Units (MLUs) will be temporarily suspended from 8pm tonight (1 June 2017) until 8am tomorrow (2 June 2017) Women booked to give birth at Ludlow or 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 [...]
1 June 2017 The Trust which runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals has been praised for providing great care with respect and dignity in the latest survey of adult inpatients. The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), which runs the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford, improved in almost half of the areas covered by the [...]
