As the August Bank Holiday approaches, health professionals within local community pharmacies and at NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin are urging people across the county to plan ahead for their medication needs to ensure they have essential prescriptions in time. With General Practices closed on Monday 25 August 2025, it is crucial for patients who…

Health and care organisations welcomed local residents to a follow-up public engagement event on Thursday 7 August in Wellington, Telford, as part of a continued commitment to working with people diagnosed with cancer to improve cancer care across the county.  Following previous engagement events held in Shrewsbury and Telford, NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, in…

Residents across Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin will soon have a unique opportunity to access vital cancer information and support services when the county welcomes the “Cancer Bus Tour” this Summer. A collaboration between NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, the West Midlands Cancer Alliance and local health and care partners, the mobile health bus will be…

The trusts that manage local community and hospital services are pleased to announce the appointment of Jo Williams as their Chief Executive in Common. This new role will strengthen shared leadership across Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust (ShropCom) and The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH). Andrew Morgan, Chair in Common for the two…

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…

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…

Following the widely publicised announcement that patients with obesity can access the injectable weight-loss treatment Tirzepatide (also known as Mounjaro®) through primary care, work is underway within General Practice in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin to identify those patients who are eligible to be considered for the treatment. According to calculations from the National Institute for…

The new community-based Optometry First services, bringing eye care closer to people’s homes, will be launching in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin next week. The contract, commissioned by NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, has been awarded to Primary Eyecare Services, a not-for-profit primary care optometry organisation, following a tender process earlier this year. Launching on Tuesday…