The communications and engagement team at NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin (NHS STW) has received national recognition at this year’s Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA) UK awards. Held in London on Wednesday 15 November, NHS STW’s communications team won the Public Sector Value for Money Award and were highly commended for the In-House Public…

  Twelve months on from when local practices gave the GP Board its mandate to represent the voice of General Practice across Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, Dr Julian Povey has been formally appointed as the Board’s new Chair. The Local Medical Committee (LMC), supported by NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin (NHS STW) leaders, appointed Dr…

  Over 100 attendees from nearly 50 organisations in the voluntary and community sector came together this week in a bid to further strengthen working relationships on health and wellbeing. The ‘Working with the VCSE Sector: The Key to Health and Care in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin’ conference was supported by funding from Shropshire Council…

“Would you have the courage to speak up?” was one of the key questions posed at an NHS system-wide staff cultural event led by equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) leads at NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin. The event, which was held at AFC Telford on Thursday 21 September, was a celebration of cultural diversity in…

With approximately 8,500 children and young people using inhalers across Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, expert asthma advice will be top of the agenda as local health leaders gear up for another #AskAboutAsthma awareness week. Now in its seventh year, the week-long campaign aims to actively encourage small changes in the management of asthma that can…

Community pharmacies across Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin are now offering oral contraception, previously prescribed by a GP, to local people. The new service is available in 26 community pharmacies in the county and is part of a new initiative to improve access, manage demand, and allow our highly skilled pharmacists to do more. Patients who…

Patients and members of the public will now be able to read about the changing role of professionals in GP practices across the UK within the national press. GP practices have changed and there are now more health experts available to help you. Your GP practice has been joined by additional highly trained and qualified…

The NHS is bracing itself for one of the toughest strikes in its history beginning on Thursday morning, say health bosses at NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin. Consultant doctors and hospital-based dentists will be taking strike action from 8am on Thursday until 8am on Saturday, with consultants only providing staffing levels to cover emergency care.…

NHS representatives from Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin will be travelling to London this week to join the NHS 75th anniversary special service being held at Westminster Abbey. The prestigious ceremony takes place between 11am and 12noon on Wednesday 5 July and will be attended by colleagues and volunteers from all parts of the NHS across…

From 1 July 2023 the way members of the public make a complaint about primary care services is changing.   By primary care services we mean GPs, dentists, opticians or pharmacy services.  There are two ways you can make a complaint:     You can complain to the healthcare provider: this is the organisation where you received the…