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…

News from our partners at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust (SaTH) A new volunteer driver scheme is helping patients to get home quicker after they are discharged from hospital. The pilot scheme has just been launched at the Royal Shrewsbury and Princess Royal hospitals. Volunteers drive home patients who are unable to get home…

Launching on 1 July, the new Optometry First services, commissioned by NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, will mean people across the county can access more eye care closer to home. The contract, awarded to Primary Eyecare Services, a not-for-profit primary care optometry organisation, follows a tender process undertaken earlier this year. It will deliver extended…

From Sunday, 1 June 2025, single use (disposable) vapes will be banned across the UK under new environmental legislation. These are the single use vapes that cannot be refilled or recharged. This change aims to protect the environment and protect young people from accessing vaping products. This is not a ban on all vapes. People…

This Diabetes Prevention Week (26 May – 1 June 2025), health professionals at NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin (NHS STW) are encouraging residents to use two free support programmes to help reduce the risk of complications related to type 2 diabetes. With 772,683 adults living with type 2 diabetes in the Midlands, and an estimated…