A former Shropshire hospital boss who put forward his own “radical” proposals for improving patient services was today backed by council chiefs.

Campaigners who say they owe the Princess Royal Hospital for the gift of life today had a message for health bosses – hands off our hospital.

Health chiefs considering moves to downgrade Telford’s Princess Royal Hospital and move some acute services to Shrewsbury have been told in no uncertain terms: Hands Off Our Hospital!

The detailed costs of shifting services from Telford’s Princess Royal Hospital to Shrewsbury will be made public, health bosses have said.

Telford & Wrekin’s two MPs today spoke out in defence of the Princess Royal Hospital and spelled out exactly why they were against any plans to downgrade it.

Plans will be soon presented to Shropshire hospital bosses on the “immediate measures” that need to be taken to ensure services remain sustainable at the county’s two main hospitals.

More than 200 people packed a meeting in Telford to give health chiefs a rough ride over plans which could see the Princess Royal Hospital downgraded in the next three to four years.

This is what the NHS Telford & Wrekin Board agreed at a meeting on Tuesday, September 22.

Health bosses in Shropshire have been told moving the county’s acute services to a single site would help to “maintain a safe service” and “improve on quality”.

Furious residents left a crunch health meeting in Telford convinced that the future of acute services at the Princess Royal Hospital is doomed.

Protesters gathered at the Park Inn in Telford to make their views known afead of a meeting on the future of the town’s Princess Royal Hospital. Watch the video here.

Today Shropshire health officials sat down to decide the fate of accident and emergency services at Shropshire’s two big hospitals. Here Ben Bentley reports on his own experiences of the current system.

Today the Shropshire Star reveals that Telford’s Princess Royal Hospital is set to lose its acute clinical services, most of its accident and emergency department and be downgraded — and we want to know what you think about it.

Placard-waving protesters were this afternoon due to gather outside a meeting in Telford where controversial plans are to be discussed which could see the town’s Princess Royal Hospital downgraded.

Health chiefs in Shropshire have set out their position regarding the county’s hospitals. You can read their statement in full here.

Wrekin MP Mark Pritchard today vowed to prove moves to downgrade accident and emergency services at the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford would cost lives.

Health chiefs believe that downgrading Telford’s Princess Royal Hospital and transferring most accident and emergency facilities to Shrewsbury is the best option for the future. What do you think?

News that the downgrading of the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford by transferring most acute services to Shrewsbury could become a reality today sparked a wave of protest.

NHS Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire County Primary Care Trust and the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust released a statement today on the future of the Princess Royal Hospital.

Health chiefs have concluded downgrading the Princess Royal Hospital and transferring some accident and emergency and other acute services to the Royal Shrewsbury is the best option for the immediate future, it emerged today.

Today’s news bulletin includes the opinions of local people as they look at the latest developments in the row over Telford’s Princess Royal Hospital.

Transferring some accident and emergency and other acute services from the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford to the Royal Shrewsbury is the best option facing health chiefs, a report revealed today.

Wrekin MP Mark Pritchard is to recruit town and parish councils in his fight to stop any downgrading of the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford, it was revealed today.

A shake-up of health services in Shropshire could see more seriously ill and injured patients receiving emergency treatment at one hospital.

Shropshire hospital boss Tom Taylor today insisted accident and emergency services at the county’s two hospitals would be strengthened.

Fears Telford’s Princess Royal Hospital could be downgraded — revealed exclusively in a letter to the Shropshire Star — were greeted with widespread condemnation today.

The Princess Royal Hospital in Telford is set to lose its acute clinical services, most of its accident & emergency department, and be downgraded as part of a dramatic countywide health shake-up, the borough’s council leader warned today.

When the Princess Royal Hospital opened its doors in Telford 20 years ago, it was trumpeted as a dynamic facility to serve one of the country’s fastest-growing populations.

Fears were voiced today for the future of Telford’s Princess Royal Hospital, and we meet a man spending his birthday awaiting the arrival of the clamper van. Find out more here.

This is the official response to Councillor Andrew Eade’s letter on the future of the Princess Royal Hospital.