Your address will show here +12 34 56 78
Events
Both of Shropshire’s A&E departments have struggled because of a lack of trained staff provided to them, according to Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.

Mr Corbyn, who grew up in the county, also called on health bosses to think about the future when they make a final decision on where the county’s hospital services should be located.
It comes as the public consultation on Future Fit reaches the half-way stage.

The process aims to decide where hospital services should be located in the county, with health bosses recommending that a single emergency centre should be based at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital.

Mr Corbyn said: “It has always been an issue – access to A&E in rural areas – and it is always going to be an issue. With travelling times and distances, ambulances are crucial therefore. The two A&Es are vitally important. Both have struggled because a lack of trained staff, which have not been provided for them.
“Health is usually discussed around A&Es in hospitals, which is understandable. But one of the biggest issues in hospitals is the lack of social care, numbers of older people who could and should be released from hospital but can’t be. The other one is mental health. The lack of beds for people with mental health conditions when they need them urgently is simply a disaster.

“There is a big demand, an ageing population in Shrewsbury and the Welsh border area, and a growing population in Telford. Think to the future, not just today.”

Mr Corbyn was speaking to the Shropshire Star after a tour around Telford manufacturer Protolabs yesterday.
He was joined by Katrina Gilman, who will stand for Labour in Telford for the next general election. She said: “How is the ambulance service going to cope when they have longer journeys? GP services and mental health services are really overstretched. If we look after people’s mental health it is amazing to see how much better their physical health is. It has to be about all the other services being able to fit together.

“We have to have a debate about A&Es and the mother and baby unit. The mother and baby unit was built here for a very good reason. The A&E linked with that has to give people access to services. We have also got to improve those services so people don’t find themselves having to go to A&E in the first place. Future Fit is not it.”
0

Press Release
A leading training company has moved into the offices of Britain’s biggest regional newspaper the Express & Star as part of a new partnership.

Well Training has set up in the Wolverhampton headquarters of Midland News Association from their previous home in Gipsy Lane, Willenhall.

Director Lindsey Flynn and the Well team will be based in the offices at Queen Street, Wolverhampton, where they will offer a range of on and off-site management training and development courses.

They provide both accredited and non-accredited learning and development support ranging from leadership and management to apprenticeships through to coaching and mentoring.

Well have worked with a range of clients across public and private sector both in the UK and with recent expansion into Europe and the USA.

Lindsey Flynn said: “We are pleased to be joining up with the MNA in our new home to take Well to the next level.

“Training and staff development is vital to employers supporting them to improve productivity and profitability, so we plan to build upon our success to date to leverage the strengths of the region’s leading local publisher.

“Aligning ourselves with some of the best-known brands in the region will give us an opportunity to generate new business moving forward.”

As well as publishing the Express & Star, the MNA has its own in-house recruitment agency, Star Employment Services.

The MNA also publishes daily newspaper the Shropshire Star and a portfolio of websites, weekly newspapers and magazine titles.

Lee Smith, MNA director of recruitment services, said: “The arrival of Well marks the formation of a new partnership with the MNA and will draw upon our heritage in jobs and recruitment services.

“We will work with the Well team to build upon opportunities around delivering high quality training and development services to our clients and organisations in the regions we serve.

“Drawing upon our respective strengths we will work together to market Well’s services to the MNA’s audiences.”

MNA managing director Graeme Clifford said: “We look forward to working with Well to shape a comprehensive recruitment and training offering for the Black Country, Shropshire and surrounding areas, as well as clients from further afield.”

Contact: Rebecca Heyes, MNA communications executive, 01902 319448
rebecca.heyes@expressandstar.co.uk
0