Midwife Led Unit
27 March 2018 Services at Oswestry Midwife-Led Unit (MLU) will be temporarily suspended from 7.30pm today (Tuesday 27 March) until 7.30pm tomorrow. 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 or the Consultant-led unit at the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford. If [...]
2 March 2018 Services at Ludlow Midwife-Led Unit (MLU) will be temporarily suspended from 8pm tomorrow (Saturday 3 March) until 8am on Sunday because of short-term staff sickness. 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 or the Consultant-led unit at the [...]
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 [...]
7 February 2018 Services at Oswestry Midwife Led Unit (MLU) will be temporarily suspended from 8pm today (Wednesday 7 February) until 8am tomorrow (Thursday 8 February) because of on-going short-term staff sickness affecting the midwifery service. Women booked to give birth at Oswestry who go into labour during the temporary suspension of services will be offered a birth at another [...]
6 February 2018 Services at Bridgnorth Midwife Led Unit (MLU) will be temporarily suspended from 8pm today (Tuesday 6 February) until 8am tomorrow (Wednesday 7 February) because of short-term staff sickness. Women booked to give birth at Bridgnorth who go into labour during the temporary suspension of services will be offered a birth at another MLU or the Consultant-Led Unit [...]
30 January 2018 Services at Oswestry Midwife Led Unit (MLU) will be temporarily suspended from 8pm today (Tuesday 30 January) until 8am tomorrow (Wednesday 31 January) because of short-term staff sickness. Women booked to give birth at Oswestry who go into labour during the temporary suspension of services will be offered a birth at another MLU or the Consultant-Led Unit [...]
26 January 2018 Services at Ludlow Midwife-Led Unit (MLU) and Oswestry MLU will be temporarily suspended from 8pm tonight (Friday 26 January) until 8am tomorrow (Saturday 27 January). Services at Oswestry MLU will also be temporarily suspended from 8pm on Sunday 28 January until 8am on Monday 29 January. Women booked to give birth at the affected MLUs who go [...]
19 January 2018 Shrewsbury Midwife Led Unit (MLU) is to temporarily relocate to allow further repair work to take place after last month’s heavy snowfall caused damage to the roof. Birthing and other inpatient services at Shrewsbury MLU, based in the Copthorne Building at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, were suspended on 11 December. The MLU remains open to outpatient services [...]
5 January 2018 Services at Oswestry Midwife-Led Unit (MLU) will be temporarily suspended from 8pm on Sunday (7 January) until 8am on Monday (8 January). 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 [...]
28 June 2017 Proposals to suspend services at Midwife-Led Units (MLUs) in Bridgnorth, Ludlow and Oswestry for between three and six months will be considered tomorrow (Thursday 29 June 2017). The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) has faced a combination of short-term and long-term sickness in recent months, as well as a significant fall in the number of [...]
