Dr Jess Harvey, local GP, Clinical Director for South-East Shropshire Primary Care Network and GP Board Co-Chair, has been named national winner of the leadership award at the inaugural NHS Excellence Awards. The awards, delivered by NHS England, celebrate the people, teams and organisations driving improvement, innovation and collaboration across health and care in England.…

  More than 112,000 COVID-19 vaccinations have been delivered across Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent this spring. Eligible people are being urged to come forward now as the programme enters its final weeks ahead of the 30 June deadline. Uptake across the area is above regional and national averages, with thousands already…