Campaigners fighting plans to shake-up services at Shropshire’s two main hospitals in Shrewsbury and Telford today vowed that they would fight for a public inquiry.

The firm which runs parking at Shropshire’s two main hospitals was paid more than £500,000 for its services last year, it was today confirmed.

Two charity organisations have donated nearly £400,000 in just five months to help buy new equipment at Shropshire’s two main hospitals, it has been revealed.

The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital is meeting key standards ensuring older patients are treated with dignity and that their nutritional needs are being met, the NHS watchdog revealed.

A Shropshire mother whose two-year-old son died while waiting for an urgent heart transplant today claimed he would not have lived past five days if he had been born following a shake-up of hospital services in the county.

Shropshire health chiefs have agreed a major public consultation should be held on the future of services at the county’s two main hospitals.

A leading Shropshire surgeon today warned of a “disaster on our hands” if changes are not made to the way services are delivered at the county’s two main hospitals.

A Shropshire MP is seeking assurances that frontline jobs are safe at the county’s two main hospitals.

Shropshire NHS chief executives have warned there could be times when there are not enough doctors to cover all departments at the county’s two main hospitals.

Shropshire’s leading doctors want to turn the county’s two main hospitals into “centres of excellence” to secure their future.

A temporary ice rink could be installed in Shrewsbury’s Square over winter, it was claimed today.

Shropshire’s two main hospitals have seen an increase in the number of complaints over each of the past five years, new figures show.

Shropshire’s new hospital boss has stressed the need for close collaboration within the county NHS to safeguard the future of services at the Royal Shrewsbury and Telford’s Princess Royal.

Shrewsbury’s Welsh Bridge remained closed in one direction today to allow scaffolding to be put up at a town centre building damaged in the town explosion.

Christmas brought some very special gifts for a number of families in Shropshire.

A Shropshire grandfather feared for his life after becoming stuck chest-deep in freezing flood water when his car stalled in a narrow country lane in the county.

Letter: I refer to the item in your paper on November 9 “Concern for disabled son after pool axed”. I have osteoarthritis of the spine and knees and have used the hydrotherapy pool at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital for nearly 10 years as a member of the Arthritis Care group.

Shropshire’s four NHS trusts are strengthening their relationship in a renewed effort to tackle superbugs like MRSA.

The leaders of Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin councils have given a cautious welcome to recommendations to provide a countywide rota to cover vascular and emergency general surgery at the county’s two main hospitals.

An elderly Shropshire woman who needs constant nursing fears she will be “thrown onto the streets” because health bosses plan to cut her NHS-funded care.

Former Shropshire hospital boss David Sandbach has called for the opening of more than 100 community-based NHS beds across the county.

An overwhelming majority of readers believe acute services should be concentrated at the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford, according to the interim results of a Shropshire Star poll.

Shrewsbury MP Daniel Kawczynski today warned war could break out between Telford and Shrewsbury over moves to safeguard hospital services – if the two towns do not form a united front.

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.

Standards of cleanliness, food, and privacy at Shropshire’s two main hospitals have all been rated as “excellent” by inspectors.

Bus firm Arriva today unveiled a raft of planned improvements to services across Shropshire – including new vehicles, extra pick-up times and extended routes.