. The Council has had some difficulty getting the contractor who resurfaced the main road through Marton back to make good the sections of the road which has started to come away. especially near the Church. They have offered a date of early summer but I am pushing for this to be done earlier. Council taxpayers have paid for this work and it is only fit and proper that it is put right as soon as possible
. It comes as no surprise to hear that this service will be staying at Princess Royal Hospital in Telford at least for now!! As I have said before I strongly suspect that this the thin end of the wedge. Once stroke care is moved permanently from Shrewsbury then a proper Accident and Emergency unit ceases to be viable in the longer term. We must be vigilant to ensure we don’t lose our A+E by stealth!
. The West Midlands Ambulance Service came to our Local Joint Committee the other night to talk about how they are reorganising their service. The good news is that they have reopened Ambulance stations in Shrewsbury and Craven Arms. This means that we should see more fully equipped ambulances arrive at incidents and fewer fast response cars. The overall response times for Ambulances however, is still a cause of concern.
We also had a representative from the Air Ambulance present. They need £6m to run their excellent service every year, much of which is raised by public donations. Please remember to support any event or appeal that is run locally.