Recent temporary overnight closures of Midwife Led Units (MLUs) in Shropshire were purely due to staffing issues, mainly illness, or high demand, bosses said today. Jo Banks, Women and Children’s Care Group Director at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, said she wanted to reassure pregnant women, and the wider community, that there were no hidden motives behind the [...]
18 January 2017 The Trust which runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals is inviting people to share their experiences of cancer at a special event to mark World Cancer Day. The Open House event will take place at the Shropshire Conference Centre at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) between 10am and midday on Friday 3 February. It has been organised by [...]
12 January 2017 Staff have been praised for delivering “fantastic” care as Shropshire’s acute hospitals continue to face high demand. High numbers of attendances at A&E Departments, coupled with large numbers of admissions, have led to fresh calls for people to think carefully about whether they need the specialist services that A&E provides. But despite the demand, staff at the [...]
12 January 2017 Health and social care partners have met to review the progress being made to strengthen the Sustainability and Transformation Plan (STP) for the local population of Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin. The Sustainability and Transformation Plan aims to describe how the health and social care system can remain fit for the future, help patients to become healthier [...]
11 January 2017 Shropshire’s acute hospitals continue to be incredibly busy and people are asked to think carefully about whether a trip to A&E, which can be stressful and time consuming, is really necessary. A total of 596 patients attended the A&E Departments at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) and Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford yesterday (10 January 2017) [...]
Friday 6 January 2017 The Trust which runs Shropshire’s acute hospitals has introduced a range of initiatives to support the health and wellbeing of staff at work – including those whose absence is due to stress. The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), which runs the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford, has seen a [...]
Thursday 5 January 2017 The following is a message from our partners at Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) Health chiefs across Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin are asking people to consider using alternatives to accident and emergency units. There has been a large increase in demand locally, and health leaders are reminding people suffering from minor [...]
Ludlow Midwife Led Unit (MLU) will be temporarily closed from 8pm tonight (Thursday 5 January 2017) until 8am tomorrow (Friday 6 January 2017). Midwives are still available on call for home births. Women booked to give birth at Ludlow MLU who go into labour during the temporary closure will be offered a home birth or birth on another MLU. If [...]
4 January 2017 A new café for people living with dementia has been set up by the Trust which runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals. Karen Breese The Precious Times café will operate at the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford on the last Tuesday of every month, with the first session on 24 January from 2pm – 3.30pm. [...]
Our two hospitals are currently very busy and we are asking people to think carefully about whether a trip to A&E, which can be stressful and time-consuming, is really necessary. There are a number of alternatives to A&E, which should only be used for very serious injury or illness. Sara Biffen, Deputy Chief Operating Officer at The Shrewsbury and Telford [...]
