18 October 2017 The following information is from our partners at Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) The NHS in Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin is asking women, their partners and families to get involved in shaping local maternity services. NHS organisations, Healthwatch and local councils, are working together as a Local Maternity System (LMS) to design [...]
11 October 2017 Thirty members of the neonatal team at Shropshire’s acute hospitals have been recognised by parents for the care given to their babies. The Neonatal team have been recognised for their care They were all individually nominated for the prestigious Parent’s Choice Award in an annual awards scheme run by the Staffordshire, Shropshire and Black Country [...]
28 September 2017 In just over a week’s time Simon Wright, our Chief Executive, will jet off to tackle his epic charity trek to add funds for a new MRI scanner. Simon on a training hike in preparation for his adventure. Simon will tackle Sicily’s “Mighty Four” volcanoes - Stromboli, Vulcano, Salina and culminating at the world famous [...]
18 September 2017 Services at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital’s (RSH) Midwife Led Unit have been temporarily suspended from 5pm on Monday 18 September until 8am on Tuesday September 19. Unfortunately flash flooding has caused damage to the roof of the unit, meaning that part of it is inaccessible. All women who are due to have their baby have been notified, [...]
1 September 2017 Staff working on a specialist Ward for patients who have suffered a stroke have created the first ‘Exemplar Ward’ at Shropshire’s two acute hospitals. Staff on Ward 16 are presented with their Exemplar Ward certificate and badges by Simon Wright, Chief Executive Ward 16, the Stroke Rehabilitation Ward at the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in [...]
15 August 2017 The following information is from our partners at Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) Local people are being invited to register to take part in a community workshop as part of the review on midwife-led units (MLUs) being carried out by Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs). Five community workshops will [...]
29 June 2017 Proposals to temporarily suspend services at Midwife-Led Units (MLUs) in Bridgnorth, Ludlow and Oswestry for between three and six months were approved today (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 [...]
29 June 2017 The trust which runs maternity services in Shropshire has today published a report looking at the service over the last 10 years. The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) strives to give the safest and kindest care to all mums and babies we look after. Whilst we achieve this on most occasions, we know we don’t [...]
26 June 2017 Lucy, Dave and James Andrew A couple have donated almost £2,000 to the Shropshire and Mid Wales Fertility Centre to thank staff for making their dreams come true. Lucy and Dave Andrew, who live near Oswestry, now have a son James, aged two-and-a-half, with a second child due in August – thanks to the efforts [...]
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 [...]
