Conservative MP gives his support to Bishop's Castle hospital recruitment drive
An MP has given his support to a recruitment drive to re-open beds at Bishop's Castle Community Hospital.
Conservative MP for Ludlow Philip Dunne was on hand at the latest in a series of recruitment days on Friday. They are being run by ShropCom to seek sufficient qualified clinical staff to enable the beds at the hospital to reopen.
The trust is seeking to recruit additional full-time equivalent registered nurses to work at the hospital, to meet national safer staffing requirements and to reopen the beds.
Mr Dunne said: “I was pleased to join local volunteers and ShropCom in Bishop's Castle for their latest recruitment day, which aims to secure enough nurses to safely reopen the beds at the community hospital.
"The initial recruitment day identified some registered nurses and other healthcare workers interested to work in the hospital and there were encouraging signs on Friday of new potential recruits for both registered nursing and healthcare assistant roles.
"It is good to see some progress being made towards reaching the required service level, with great support being offered by local community volunteers involved in the interview and familiarisation process.
"I hope we will see the interest expressed at the recruitment day turn into job offers being made and accepted so there can be real progress in reopening the hospital beds.”
A further recruitment day will take place next month on February 24, 2024, between 10am and 2pm at Bishop’s Castle Community Hospital.
Vacancies at Bishop’s Castle Community Hospital can be viewed on ShropCom’s website.
