News and reports

As the Easter Bank Holiday approaches, health professionals within local community pharmacies and at NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin are urging people across the county to plan ahead for their medication needs to ensure they have essential prescriptions in time.

Working with NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin and the Local Pharmaceutical Committee we developed a survey to ask patients about both their awareness of enhanced services and their experience of using pharmacy services.

The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) is leading the Women’s Health Research Priorities (WHRP) project, an initiative aimed at identifying the most critical unanswered questions in women’s health.

Local people are being invited to have their say on diabetes services within the county, say health bosses at NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin.

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital (SaTH) NHS Trust has announced additional community drop-in sessions for the Hospitals Transformation Programme (HTP).

We wanted to understand where students would first seek out medical advice if they needed it.

NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, in collaboration with local cancer services and organisations, is hosting an event at Shrewsbury Town Football Club aimed at enhancing cancer care in the county.

Agenda and associated papers for the Board Meeting in public

Shropshire Council is inviting residents who access the council’s Telecare service, to take part in a public consultation on proposals to introduce a subsidised charge for Telecare services.

Shropshire Council and Telford and Wrekin Council are calling on residents to take part in a survey that will help shape the future of community pharmacy services across Shropshire, Telford, and Wrekin.

New research has just been published by Healthwatch England which confirms that the picture of health and social care complaints handling in Shropshire that we found in October 2023 is seen right across the country.

Healthwatch Shropshire, is supporting the call made in a joint letter to Wes Streeting MP, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, by Healthwatch England and a coalition of trade unions, professional bodies, charities and patient groups, calling for an end to treating patients in corridors and other inappropriate spaces.