Bernie Bentick on the culture at SaTH and the Ockenden Maternity Review
andybodders The Ockenden Report, to be published this morning, was commissioned by Jeremy Hunt in 2017 after the parents of babies who died in the care of Shrewsbury and Telford NHS…
Covid Watch 179: Caught COVID? Here’s what you should and shouldn’t do when self-isolation isn’t mandatory
This article by Simon Kolstoe, Reader in Bioethics and University Ethics Advisor, University of Portsmouth provides useful advice after all restrictions on movement, mask wearing and isolation ended. It first…
Covid Watch 178: Here we go again – cases are rising quickly
It will not be news to many people that Covid-19 infections are once again soaring. This is due to a new variant of Omicron (Ba.2), which is even more infectious…
Ambulance handover delays at Shropshire’s A&Es are a national disgrace – an inquiry is needed
Significant delays in handovers from ambulances to A&E departments continue at Shropshire’s two acute hospitals. This winter, half of ambulances arriving at the two A&Es experienced handover delays of 30…
Government opens new scheme to welcome Ukrainian refugees to the UK
From today, residents around the country can register to offer a room or home to refugees from Putin’s war in Ukraine. Residents (sponsors) will have to sign up for six…