andybodders Darren Childs elected to Gallows Bank Ward by four votes
Darren Childs, known for his campaigning on ambulance provision in rural areas such as Ludlow, has been elected to Ludlow Town Council. The vote went to a recount and he…
Bernie Bentick on the culture at SaTH and the Ockenden Maternity Review
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…