MP Dunne must speak out on the hospital row and back fundraisers
andybodders It has been a curious week for Ludlow. No one could have predicted that a local spat over a donation over a £2,500 would have led to a national row…
After today’s decision, it’s fine to live in rural Shropshire unless you are pregnant
Tracey Huffer, Shropshire Councillor for Ludlow East and a practising nurse, responds to the decision today by SaTH to close the rural midwifery-led maternity units at Ludlow, Oswestry and Bridgnorth…
Another suspension of services at Ludlow & Oswestry MLUs – we must fight
Yet again, “staff sickness” has closed Ludlow and Oswestry maternity units. The level of staff sickness in our rural maternity units is extraordinary. Almost week in, week out we see…
Breaking… Ludlow’s MP Philip Dunne continues as Minister for Health
This afternoon Theresa May announced that Philip Dunne will continue as Minister of Health under Jeremy Hunt.
How do you maintain choice for mothers by closing maternity units?
Today, the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) issued a press release about the plan to convert midwifery-led maternity units (MLUs) in Ludlow, Oswestry and Bridgnorth to on-call services.…