Alex Moore

SHROPSHIRE “ran out” of ambulances earlier this month because all the vehicles based in the county were queueing outside hospitals, a service chief has said.

WEST Mercia Police will continue to provide IT services to a neighbouring force for another year and a half, but otherwise their policing alliance is over, a report says.

SHROPSHIRE health trust staff already have a “relatively high” coronavirus vaccination rate, so the impact of compulsory jabs is “unlikely to be material”, a county NHS boss has said.

A WRONG-SIZE prosthetic implant was accidentally inserted in a patient during surgery, according to NHS reports.

PLANS for a major shake-up of two of the main hospitals serving Powys are set to take a step forward this month.

PLANS for a major shake-up of the county's hospitals are set to take a step forward this month.

TEN new engines are on their way to the county’s fire stations, after the service’s governing body approved the final slice of funding.

MORE than 1,000 candidates applied for just six firefighter positions in Shropshire last year, with the successful recruits starting over the summer.

CLOSING “rarely-used” bases would not impact on ambulance coverage or response times in their host towns, the West Midlands service says.

A TASTER day to recruit firefighters received a "significant number" of complaints, Shropshire fire chiefs have revealed.