Suspension of services at Oswestry MLU to be extended

23 February 2018 Inpatient services at Oswestry Midwife Led Unit are to be suspended for a further two weeks, until 8am on 10 March 2018, to ensure the safe care of mums using Shropshire’s maternity services. The unit will remain open between 8am and 8pm for antenatal and postnatal services but will not be able to accept inpatients. Sarah Jamieson, [...]

Suspension of services at Oswestry MLU to be extended2018-02-23T12:21:16+00:00

Extended suspension of services at Oswestry MLU

9 February 2018 Services at Oswestry Midwife Led Unit (MLU) are to be suspended until 25 February 2018 to ensure the safe care of mums using Shropshire’s maternity services. Our mums are choosing to have their babies in our Consultant-led unit over our rural MLUs, such as Oswestry. To protect their safety during the birth, we are having to look [...]

Extended suspension of services at Oswestry MLU2018-02-09T17:17:04+00:00

Oswestry MLU – Temporary suspension of services

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 [...]

Oswestry MLU – Temporary suspension of services2018-02-09T11:58:53+00:00

Temporary suspension of services at Oswestry MLU

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 [...]

Temporary suspension of services at Oswestry MLU2018-02-09T11:59:24+00:00

Temporary suspension of services at Bridgnorth Midwife Led Unit

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 [...]

Temporary suspension of services at Bridgnorth Midwife Led Unit2018-02-07T15:37:21+00:00

Birthing services to resume as Shrewsbury MLU relocates

2 February 2018 Mums-to-be will be able to deliver their babies at Shrewsbury Midwife Led Unit (MLU) when it relocates next week. The MLU is being relocated to another part of the Copthorne Building at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) to allow further repair work to take place after last month’s heavy snowfall caused damage to the roof. Birthing and [...]

Birthing services to resume as Shrewsbury MLU relocates2018-02-02T15:11:43+00:00

Temporary suspension of services at Oswestry Midwife 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 [...]

Temporary suspension of services at Oswestry Midwife Led Unit2018-02-07T15:53:03+00:00

Mums confident in Shropshire maternity services, national survey finds

30 January 2018 New mums in Shropshire are treated with respect and dignity, listened to and given the help they need. Those are the findings of the latest survey of women’s experiences of maternity care, published by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). The survey also found that women who raised concerns during their pregnancy or delivery had those concerns taken [...]

Mums confident in Shropshire maternity services, national survey finds2018-01-30T09:35:25+00:00

Temporary relocation of Shrewsbury Midwife Led Unit

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 [...]

Temporary relocation of Shrewsbury Midwife Led Unit2018-02-07T15:54:17+00:00

Community and Outpatient services at Shrewsbury MLU temporarily relocated

11 January 2018 Community and Outpatient services at Shrewsbury Midwife Led Unit (MLU) have been temporarily relocated while work continues to repair damage to the roof caused by last month’s heavy snowfall. The services have been moved to an adjacent ward within the Copthorne Building at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital for the comfort of women using the services. Birthing and [...]

Community and Outpatient services at Shrewsbury MLU temporarily relocated2018-01-11T15:40:43+00:00