Concerns over ‘safety culture’ at Shropshire’s major hospitals revealed in staff survey The results of NHS Staff Survey undertaken in 2020 show that the overall ‘safety culture’ score for Shrewsbury & Telford Hospital NHS Trust was the worst nationally.
The NHS is to provide an additional £95million of funding for improving maternity services following on from the Ockenden Review The NHS is to spend £95million on improving safety in maternity services in England, following on from the first report of the Ockenden Review of maternity services at the Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Hospital Trust … Continued
Please see below video recorded to capture family questions that were submitted to the Maternity Review Team following the family update session on Tuesday 23rd March 2021.
Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust sets up new Ockenden Report Assurance Committee The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) has set up a new committee to ensure that all the essential actions for the Trust that were outlined last year, in the first report of the Ockenden Review, – a review of maternity … Continued
Please see below a short video recorded to capture family questions that were submitted to the Maternity Review Team following the publication of our first report.
On Thursday 11th February 2021 there was a joint press release announcing the Maternity Improvement Partnership between the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust and Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS FT. The partnership will support the Maternity department at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust on the following areas: Read more here about the plans for … Continued
The West Midland Ambulance Service (WMAS) had their Board of Directors meeting on 27th January. At the meeting they presented a report which outlined the assurance required to ensure they are delivering the best possible care, as well as learning from the Ockenden report to identify any further actions that WMAS can take to improve … Continued
Please read press release released on the 12th January 2021 from the Department of Health and Social Care concerning maternity leadership training following on from our first report published 10th December 2020
New funding for maternity leadership training following on from the Ockenden maternity review The Government has announced a £500,000 maternity leadership programme to train senior maternity and neonatal leaders. This follows on from the issue of leadership being identified as a key factor in Donna Ockenden’s independent review into cases of neglect and preventable baby deaths at Shrewsbury … Continued
Please read letter from England’s Chief Midwifery Officer and National Clinical Director for Maternity regarding next steps following the publication of our first report on the 10th December 2020. Read the letter
