The draft Shropshire Plan lacks targets amid platitudes and back slapping
andybodders Shropshire Council has had several stabs at a corporate plan in recent years. I can’t recall any of the plans having any impact on the way its political leadership acts.…
Rome and Jericho get more mentions in Gove’s Levelling Up plans than Shropshire – its Byzantine
Old Mother Shropshire went to the government to get the county a grant. When she went there the cupboard was bare. So the poor county got none. (Misremembered old nursery…
The ambulance crisis in Shropshire – We can’t go on like this
Over the last eight weeks, half of ambulances arriving at Shropshire’s two A&Es have had to wait al least 30 minutes to hand over their patients to hospital staff. The…
Covid Watch 175: Infection rates no longer falling as Omicron affects all ages
Covid-19 cases have fallen from their peak quickly but in Shropshire and England the infection rate is no longer falling significantly. In Telford & Wrekin, rates have fallen, risen and…
Covid Watch 174: Mortality misinformation in letter in today’s Shropshire Star
I was surprised to read a letter in today’s Shropshire Star that claims that only 17,000 people have died from Covid-19. This is a complete misinterpretation of information provided by…