11 January 2021 The following information is from the NHS COVID-19 Vaccination Service The NHS has this weekend announced the opening of seven large vaccination centres throughout England. The centres are capable of delivering thousands of the life-saving jabs each week and provide an additional option to the local sites across Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin. As with all vaccination [...]
5 January 2021 The NHS vaccination programme is under way in Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin as part of the national rollout. The NHS will contact people in the priority groups when it is their turn to receive the vaccine. People are being called forward who meet the criteria based on the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation’s recommendations. Vaccination [...]
22 December 2020 People across Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin are being urged to be a part of history – by applying for roles in the county’s COVID-19 Vaccination Service. Hubs are already up and running in Shrewsbury and Bridgnorth, with more due online in other areas of the county in the next few days and weeks. Vaccination represents the [...]
21 December 2020 The following information is from our colleagues at Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Group (CCGs) A patient with a breathing condition has shared her personal experience of having an operation at the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) during the COVID-19 pandemic. She told health leaders at Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) that [...]
18 December 2020 The following message is from our partners at Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) and Shropshire Community Health Trust. A new service has been launched for patients with Long COVIDin a joint project by Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) and Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust. It aims to provide help [...]
16 December 2020 Research teams from The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust, and Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust have been recognised for their collaborative work on a national Covid-19 study and West Midlands commercial COVID-19 Novavax vaccine trial. Mandy Carnahan The award [...]
16 December 2020 A newly-built expanded Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) centre at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, which will help reduce hospital admissions and improve patient experience, will be operational later this month. The centre, next to the hospital’s A&E Department, will house a larger Acute Medical Same Day Emergency Care service running seven-days-a-week. Patients seen in the SDEC will [...]
16 December 2020 The following message is from our partners at Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) Make sure you are stocking up for all your health needs over the Christmas and New Year period, say health bosses at Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs). With the festivities fast approaching, check that you have [...]
12 December 2020 People across Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin have this week started to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as part of the largest immunisation programme in UK history. Invitations to book an appointment are being sent to priority groups, with those aged 80 or older, care home workers, along with NHS workers who are at higher risk are among [...]
11 December 2020 Shropshire’s acute hospitals have been awarded £5.8 million, a share of £600 million given to NHS Trusts for maintenance backlog. The money is part of £1.5 billion capital funding announced by the Prime Minister in the summer to help the NHS build back better. The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH), which runs the Royal Shrewsbury [...]
