Wayfarers Day Centre for adults with learning disabilities in Market Drayton are attempting a challenge to walk the distance from Market Drayton to Shrewsbury to raise money for their comfort fund.
Local cafes and bakers have been challenged to create delicious grey cakes for an upcoming event, a Depressed Cake Shop, aiming to get people talking about mental health.
Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery, in partnership with Shropshire Mind, will be hosting a Depressed Cake Shop on Tuesday 10 October 2017 from 11am-2pm at Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery, The Square, Shrewsbury, SY1 1LH
The temporary suspension of Neurology services to new referrals at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) will be extended for a further three to six months.
Dr Joanna Harley and Dr Murray Campbell are to become Macmillan GP Facilitators, while Sarah Gorton has become Macmillan Nurse Facilitator. The roles are funded by Macmillan Cancer Support for the next two years.
Their role will be to help and support other GPs and practices throughout the area using their specialist knowledge, and to identify where improvements can be made. They will also advise the area’s three NHS Clinical Commissioning Groups.
The Feathers Hotel in Ludlow has announced that it is temporarily closing to the public as a precautionary measure on the advice of health professionals from Public Health England (PHE) in the West Midlands and Shropshire Council.
The Shropshire SEND Community Games and Local Offer Live Event 2017 ‘Empower, Experience & Inspire’ is on Sunday 24 September 2017 at 10am–2pm at North Shropshire College, Walford Campus, SY4 2HL. (SEND is special educational needs and disabilities)
A new pilot project has been launched in Shropshire to help older people reduce their risk of falling – potentially saving the NHS huge sums of money.
County sports partnership, Energize, has been awarded a £138,000 contract by Shropshire Council to create and manage a new Postural Stability Instruction (PSI) network across the county.
Energize, based at Frankwell Quay in Shrewsbury, is now seeking to create a team of independent exercise providers in at least 10 locations across the county, who are qualified to deliver postural stability exercises.
On 31 August, a high visibility operation took place at HMP Featherstone and HMP Oakwood in South Staffordshire. This was held during visiting hours 11am – 2:30pm, where vehicles and visitors were searched for contraband
For the second inspection in a row Staffordshire County Council’s services for children in need of help and protection, children looked after and care leavers are all rated as ‘Good’ in every category, with no areas needing urgent improvement.
Shropshire’s Joint Suicide Prevention Strategy aspires to prevent all deaths from suicide in the region and ensure access to the most appropriate help and support for those considering suicide and for those affected by suicide.
The public consultation, led by Shropshire’s Health and Well-Being Board, runs until Saturday 30 September 2017, and asks people their views and thoughts on the draft Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA) report.
It is the second stop at the RSH, with the first being located near Outpatients. It means that the Arriva bus service will stop at Outpatients before proceeding on to drop off and collect outside the Treatment Centre.
The 42 nurses will work across scheduled and unscheduled care at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) and the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford.
The appointments will boost the workforce at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) and reduce the reliance on agency nurses and temporary staff.
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) has been working to improve care for patients who suffer Sepsis by using techniques learned from the Virginia Mason Institute (VMI) in Seattle, as part of a five-year partnership.
The project has seen eight care homes in North Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent provided with a specialised medical trolley with an iPad attached, loaded with Skype and self-monitoring equipment. These are then linked to an extended network of primary care specialists, meaning quicker and easier access to expert advice.
Patients in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent are receiving treatment from a new Urgent Care Centre situated in the Emergency Department at Royal Stoke University Hospital as part of a new integrated urgent care model launched last month.Initially, the service operates from the current space within the Emergency Department, but building work will commence shortly to reconfigure the area to develop a purpose built Urgent Care Centre.