Rural Midwife Lead Units (MLUs) are under threat of permanent closure. as SaTH looks at ways of restructuring the service to cope with a shortage of midwives at Telford. For over a year Oswestry MLU, as well as the MLUs in Bridgnorth and Ludlow, have been plagued by short-term closures and suspensions. Now they have been closed possibly indefinitely. This Category highlights the campaign to keep the Maternity Unit open 24/7
SaTH announced on the 19th of June that the Oswestry Maternity Unit along with the Bridgnorth and Ludlow units were going to remain closed for the foreseeable future. Previously SaTH were… Read More »Oswestry Maternity Unit closed for the foreseeable future
Residents, parents, local Conservatives, Lib Dems & Greens continue to express outrage as the ongoing Oswestry Maternity Unit saga drags on. After a prolonged closure due to staff shortages at… Read More »Oswestry Maternity Unit Saga Drags on
[wds id=”4″] Yesterday supporters of the MLU joined a march in support of keeping the MLU open without any service reduction. The march started at The Bailey Head and from… Read More »MLU protest march II
Last Saturday, 25th of March, LibDems joined hundreds of parents, children and concerned Shropshire residents to march against the threat to downgrade Shropshire’s Maternity Units. SaTH had previously produced a report as… Read More »Shropshire MLU marches & SaTH meeting
