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Social Enterprise and Committed Local GPs is the way forward for Out of Hours care: Message to Jeremy Hunt June 03, 2013 The Secretary of State's comments on out of hours care are grossly unfair and misguided, and will be met with disbelief from millions of patients who have been well served by our services over the last decade. Out of hours organisations deal with about 8 million calls each year, care is very accessible, and includes good services to patients with long term conditions and the seriously ill. Read More
Shropshire Star Tuesday May 14 2013 May 15, 2013 Time for action if we want to keep the ShropDoc service Read More
Review of NHS helpline after 'chaotic' service May 15, 2013 An "urgent" review of the NHS helpline in England will be carried out, after allegations that its service has been "chaotic" in some areas. Read More
County pulls the plug on 111 NHS service May 15, 2013 A NATIONWIDE out-of-hours medical helpline will not be rolled out in Shropshire for at least 18 months, an Oswestry doctor has revealed. Read More
Response from Chairman of Shropdoc to comments from Jeremy Hunt regarding OOH Doctor cover April 26, 2013 "Shropdoc services are provided by local GP's - and always have been since 1996". Read More
MIDLANDS TODAY- Shropdoc working with West Midlands Ambulance April 05, 2013 Shropdoc and the West Midlands Ambulance service are working together to reduce A & E admissions. Read More
Shropshire Star Press Release Dated 26th March 2013 March 26, 2013 Doctors in Shropshire have been forced to step in and bail out the Governments fledgling NHS 111 Advice line, which is failing to cope with the volume of calls from patients. Read More
ATTENTION PATIENTS-REGISTERED WITH AN ENGLISH GP PRACTICE CHANGE TO SHROPDOC SERVICE March 19, 2013 On the 19th March 2013 the way in which you contact Shropdoc when your surgery is closed will change. Read More
CFEP - Client Focused Evaluation Program March 04, 2013 CFEP is an external organisation Shropdoc uses to compile quarterly survey reports looking at our 3 OOHs areas; Telephone Advice, Home Visits, Treatment Centre. Approximately 1% of our patients are sent questionnaires within a few weeks of their contact with our service. Read More
Halloween Special for Charity November 05, 2012 At Halloween, Shropdoc's head office staff really got into the spirit of things with a spooky, scary fundraising day... Read More

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I would like to make a comment on the Shropdoc Service which I have been very impressed with over the past two weeks. The service and attention given by Drs McMurray and Lovell during their visits to my home has been fantastic. Being a senior citizen aged 91, I was very concerned with my state of health. The reassurance and medication given by these two doctors certainly improved my condition. Furthermore, the time taken to visit me was very quick and responsive. I feel some of the bad publicity on the NHS Shropdoc service is not warranted and not a true reflection of the excellent service I received during the past two weekends. Many thanks to all concerned....much appreciated.
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