Health and care organisations across Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin are working together to prepare for this week’s industrial action planned by Resident Doctors. The British Medical Association (BMA) has announced that Resident Doctors will take part in a five-day (120 hour) period of industrial action, from 7am on Friday 25 July until 7am on Wednesday…

New local teledermatology service continues to speed up cancer diagnosis across the county. The service, which launched at the county’s first Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) in Telford early last year, enables dermatologists to remotely triage patients using high spec images of people’s skin taken by a medical photographer. Dermatologists are able to review even more…

Following national endorsement by an independent panel, and formal approval from the NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin (NHS STW) Board, the county’s health commissioners can now confirm the GP Out of Hours Service provider for the county will be Medvivo*. Medvivo (now known as HealthHero Integrated Care) has been approved as the provider following a…

NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin (NHS STW) has announced the launch of the procurement process for a new Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) contract. This initiative, while led by the NHS STW, will be jointly commissioned with Local Authorities, reflecting an integrated approach to the commissioning of mental health services for children and young…

NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin has today launched a new campaign — ‘Think Twice, Order Right’ — to help reduce the estimated £2.6 million worth of medicines wasted unnecessarily across the area every year. Almost 40% of this waste could be avoided – and everyone can play a part in changing that. £2.6 million is…

The Government’s 10 Year Health Plan for England has been launched, setting out a bold, ambitious and necessary new course for the NHS. The plan fundamentally reinvents the approach to healthcare so that the Government can guarantee the NHS will be there for all who need it for generations to come. It has been shaped…

NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin (NHS STW) is now able to confirm receipt of the national Independent Patient Choice and Procurement Panel’s report regarding the outcome of the representation received for the GP Out of Hours Service procurement. The Independent Panel’s findings confirm that NHS STW acted in full accordance with the Provider Selection Regime…