New provider takes over out-of-hours GP care in Shropshire
Out-of-hours GP care in Shropshire is now being provided by a new partnership.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust and Shropshire Doctors Co-operative went live with the revised service yesterday.
The new arrangements mean patients will still be able to receive a service from Shropdoc out of hours but , with the only significant change being the means of contact is now via NHS 111.
The new out-of-hours service will operate from bases in Shrewsbury, Telford, Whitchurch and Ludlow.
Bases in Oswestry and Bridgnorth are no longer operational.
Home visits will still be offered to all parts of the county for patients too ill or frail to travel.
