Update from the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust: The county’s Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) is now fully operational and is transforming the way that services are offered to patients – with nearly 57,000 patients seen since it first opened its doors. The purpose-built CDC is significantly increasing the number of elective diagnostic tests…

  NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin (NHS STW) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Emma Crawford, Consultant Physician in Respiratory and General Medicine at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust to the post of Clinical Director for the Targeted Lung Health Check (TLHC) programme. This role is pivotal to the success of…

  As the next round of junior doctors’ strikes approaches, residents of Shropshire, Telford, and Wrekin are reminded of the significant impact their support can have during what is anticipated to be a busy period for the local NHS. Junior doctors at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford, and other local…

With pollen count changes and the weather warming up, health leaders at NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin are advising residents to ‘Think Pharmacy First’ to ease the symptoms of summer-related conditions such as hay fever and insect bites, as well as protecting yourself from the sun. During the last 12 months, the local NHS has…

  Update from Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust: With only two weeks left of this year’s spring covid vaccine programme, Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust (ShropCom) are urging people at increased risk from severe illness, including those aged 75 or over (on 30 June 2024) and people with a weakened immune system or who live…

  This week, 17 to 23 June, during cervical cancer awareness week, local health leaders are urging people to take up their offer of the HPV vaccination and cervical screening invitations to help eliminate cervical cancer. It is widely known that getting the HPV vaccination and attending screening is the best way of preventing cervical…