21 June 2017 Continued long-term and short-term sickness which has been affecting the Maternity Service at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) for a number of weeks has unfortunately led to the further temporary suspension of some services. Services for women booked to give birth at Oswestry and Ludlow Midwife-Led Units (MLUs) will be suspended until 8am on [...]
16 June 2017 Services for women booked to give birth at Bridgnorth Midwife-Led Unit (MLU) will be temporarily suspended from 8pm tonight (Friday 16 June 2017) until 8am on Monday (19 June 2017). Day services for expectant mums will continue as normal. Earlier this week services were temporarily suspended at Ludlow and Oswestry MLUs from 8pm on Tuesday (13 June [...]
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 [...]
26 May 2017 Services at Bridgnorth and Oswestry Midwife-Led Units (MLUs) will be temporarily suspended from 8pm tonight (26 May 2017) until 8am on Tuesday (30 May 2017). Women booked to give birth at Bridgnorth or Oswestry MLU who go into labour during the temporary suspension of services will be offered a birth at another MLU. If any women due [...]
26 May 2017 You may have seen or heard about the recent temporary suspension of services at some of our Midwife-Led Units (MLUs) in Shropshire. Here Sarah Jamieson, Head of Midwifery, explains why these temporary closures are necessary to ensure the continued safety of all women using our Maternity Services "We are fully supportive of birth choice and women whose [...]
26 May 2017 Services at two Midwife-Led Units (MLUs) in Shropshire were temporarily suspended last night (Thursday 25 May 2017) due to staff sickness. At Bridgnorth MLU, services were temporarily suspended from 8pm yesterday (Thursday 25 May) until 8am today (Friday 26 May). A decision was later made to suspend services at Oswestry MLU from 11pm yesterday (25 May) until [...]
22 May 2017 Services at Bridgnorth Midwife Led Unit (MLU) will be temporarily suspended from 8pm tonight (Monday 22 May 2017) until 8am tomorrow (23 May 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 [...]
16 February 2017 Services at Bridgnorth Midwife Led Unit (MLU) will be temporarily suspended from 8pm tonight (Thursday 16 February 2017) until 8am tomorrow (Friday 17 February 2017). Midwives are still available on call for home births. Women booked to give birth at Bridgnorth MLU who go into labour during the temporary suspension of services will be offered a home [...]
