Ten patients at Shropshire’s main hospitals died with swine flu at the height of this winter’s influenza outbreak, new figures show.

Shropshire’s health service is still left with nearly 30,000 doses of the swine flu jab, it was revealed today. But the vaccination programme will continue across the county until September.

Letters are being sent out to more than 2,000 parents and guardians in Telford by health chiefs offering them the opportunity to vaccinate their children against swine flu this month.

Plans are now in place to vaccinate nearly 30,000 youngsters across Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin against swine flu.

Plans to vaccinate young children against swine flu were in chaos today after GPs and the Government failed to reach a deal on how to deliver the jab.

Shropshire continues to have a higher rate of suspected swine flu cases than the national average, new figures show.

The swine flu vaccination programme will be extended to offer children aged over six months and under five protection against the virus, it was announced today.

Business people in Shropshire are being urged to a make swine flu contingency plans in case they are struck down by the virus.

Shropshire’s two main hospitals are at their highest level of alert because of a huge rise in emergency cases caused by early outbreaks of winter illnesses among the elderly.

A swine flu clinic is now in operation at Shrewsbury’s largest GP surgery after it received its first batch of vaccine against the disease.

New intensive care equipment has been installed at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital which will help treat patients who are critically ill with swine flu.

Frontline health workers across Shropshire were today being given swine flu jabs as the number of patients with symptoms continues to rise.

Conservative party leader David Cameron has backed a Shropshire father who is campaigning for a halt to over-the-phone swine flu diagnosis.

As cases of swine flu were reported to have almost doubled now to 14,000 a week, it is understood that the first batch of flu vaccine is expected in hospitals on October 14.

A second wave of swine flu could halt all specialist surgery at one of Shropshire’s biggest hospitals, bosses have warned.

More people in Shropshire are consulting their GPs about swine flu than anywhere else in the region despite new figures showing a fall in reported cases of the virus in the county.

A Shropshire mother whose son acted as pall bearer at the funeral of tragic Oswestry schoolgirl Charlotte Hartey has described the one-size-fits-all diagnosis of swine flu as a “travesty”.

An emotional remembrance service has been held on the Greek island of Kos for Shropshire schoolgirl Charlotte Hartey, who died after her tonsillitis was diagnosed as swine flu.

A four-year-old boy diagnosed as having suspected swine flu but who actually had tonsillitis may have had his life saved by a campaign highlighted in the Shropshire Star.

Shropshire remains a swine flu hotspot with the highest infection rate in the region, where cases have been falling, according to the latest figures.

The family of Shropshire teenager Charlotte Hartey, who died after her tonsillitis was diagnosed as swine flu, has launched an online campaign calling for over-the-phone diagnosis to be axed.

The father of a Shropshire teenager who died after her tonsillitis was misdiagnosed as swine flu says over-the-phone diagnosis must stop before any more lives are lost.

A 16-year-old Shropshire girl who was originally said to be suffering from swine flu but was later diagnosed with tonsillitis died from natural causes, a post mortem has confirmed.

A 16-year-old Shropshire girl who was originally said to be suffering from swine flu but who was later diagnosed with tonsillitis, died from natural causes, a post mortem has confirmed.

The number of deaths in England linked to swine flu jumped by nine to 36 in the past week, the Health Protection Agency (HPA) said today.

Company bosses fear that measures designed to reduce the impact of swine flu on the workplace could end up creating a “skivers’ charter”, it was claimed today.

An independent expert is to be brought in to carry out a post-mortem examination on a Shropshire schoolgirl who died after being diagnosed with swine flu.

A Shropshire family was today waiting to find out what caused the death of their daughter days after she was diagnosed with swine flu.

Shropshire families have been keeping diaries during the swine flu outbreak. Here are the latest entries.

A steady flow of “flu friends” are calling at collection points across Shropshire to pick-up antiviral drugs for people suffering from suspected swine flu.