3 July 2018 The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) is today (Tuesday) starting a six-week period of engagement about a proposal to extend the temporary suspension of inpatient services – including births and postnatal care - in its rural Midwife Led Units (MLUs) at Bridgnorth, Ludlow and Oswestry. The proposal is to extend the current temporary suspension of [...]
19 June 2018 Inpatient services - including births - at Bridgnorth, Oswestry and Ludlow Midwife Led Units (MLUs) are to remain temporarily suspended in order to safely staff the units where most of our mothers are giving birth, as a period of focused engagement with service users begins. The current suspension of births at the three MLUs will continue until [...]
18 May 2018 Inpatient services, including births, at Bridgnorth Midwife Led Unit (MLU) are to be temporarily suspended for four weeks from Sunday 20 May. Births at Oswestry and Ludlow MLUs, which are currently suspended, will continue to be temporarily suspended for a further four weeks. This is to ensure the safe care of mums using Shropshire’s maternity services. Oswestry, [...]
4 May 2018 The temporary suspension of services at Oswestry Midwife Led Unit (MLU) is to be extended for a further two weeks. Inpatient services (births and postnatal care) at Oswestry will be suspended until 8am on Sunday 20 May to ensure the continued safe care for mums using Shropshire’s maternity services. Inpatient services at Ludlow MLU are also suspended [...]
29 March 2018 Services at Oswestry Midwife-Led Unit (MLU) will be temporarily suspended from 7.30pm today (Thursday 29 March) until 7.30am on Saturday. 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. [...]
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 [...]
23 March 2018 Inpatient services at Bridgnorth Midwife Led Unit (MLU) are to be suspended to ensure the safe care of mums using Shropshire’s maternity services. Services at Bridgnorth will be suspended from 8pm on Sunday (25 March) until 8am on Sunday 22 April. The unit will remain open between 8am and 8pm for antenatal and postnatal services, but will [...]
9 March 2018 Inpatient services at Ludlow Midwife Led Unit (MLU) are to be suspended for two weeks to ensure the safe care of mums using Shropshire’s maternity services. Services at Ludlow will be suspended from 5pm tomorrow (Saturday 10 March) until 9am on 25 March. The unit will remain open between 8am and 8pm for antenatal and postnatal services, [...]
6 March 2018 Simon Wright, Chief Executive of The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) has issued a response to an open letter which was sent to the SaTH Board and the Governing Body of Shropshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG). The response refutes a number of claims made in the letter. Simon's letter can be seen here. The original [...]
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 [...]
